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Berkshire Bounty reports distributing 240,000 pounds of food in Pittsfield in 2025 and expands home-delivery boxes
Summary
Morgan Ovitsky said Berkshire Bounty distributed over 240,000 pounds of food in Pittsfield in 2025 (33% of the organization's total) and described a new food-box home-delivery program with schools and early-education centers to reach food-insecure residents who cannot access pantries.
Morgan Ovitsky, Executive Director of Berkshire Bounty, briefed the council on food-distribution operations and a new food-box program aimed at reaching residents who cannot use traditional pantries.
Ovitsky said Berkshire Bounty purchased and delivered nutritious food to emergency food programs and directly to individuals’ homes, and that in 2025 the organization distributed over 240,000 pounds of food in Pittsfield—about 33% of all food the organization collected that year. She described a food-box pilot in partnership with schools and early-education centers to deliver boxes to people at home and a food-purchase program to buy items that are otherwise scarce in the emergency-food network.
Council members received the informational presentation; the transcript records program scale and partnerships but not a formal funding request or vote.
