BOTTOM ROW: (Left) DUNCAN CALHOUN and RUSSELL GIBSON own and operate the Barlow Hotel and the Croff House in bustling Hudson. They’re also legacy donors at Berkshire Taconic, with funds that will support their adopted city and cherished institutions. (Middle) KATIE PALMER-HOUSE chairs the advisory board of BTCF’s new education enrichment fund for the Dover Union Free School District. Her team of volunteer leaders is funding extracurricular projects to build leadership skills and expand horizons. (Right) A thriving Berkshire Community College student and New World Fund grantee, EDSON CHIPALO was orphaned as a child and raised by grandparents in rural Zambia. An associate’s degree in hand, he seeks a diploma from a four-year college and ultimately a career in law.
FACES OF BERKSHIRE TACONIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
TOP ROW: (Left) In her role as a family nurse practitioner at Community Health Programs in Great Barrington, LAURA ELLIOTT is a vital part of the Reach Out and Read team that is helping to boost literacy in the earliest learners through a grant from Berkshire Taconic. (Middle) CONNOR CHIRICHELLA, a junior at Taconic Hills High School, received funding from BTCF’s Tupelo Award Fund to conduct research on Russell-Silver syndrome, a rare growth disorder he was diagnosed with as an infant. (Right) A scholarship from the Tabor Foundation Fund, which supports training in health care fields, helped TERRE LEFFERTS of Salisbury earn her massage therapy certification and pursue a degree in physical therapy from Berkshire Community College.