The Berkshire Realtors Community Service Committee’s Central Battle of the Bartenders raised an amazing $10,476 in just four hours to support local food pantries across Berkshire County.

Huge congratulations to all of our participating teams, volunteers, sponsors, supporters, and to Team “We Close Bars Too” for raising the highest total of the evening benefiting Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry in Dalton.  Thank you to everyone who came out to support this fun and impactful community event at Proprietor’s Lodge. Together, we proved once again what can happen when the Berkshire real estate community comes together for a cause bigger than ourselves.

• Team “We Close Bars Too” — Jessie Downer, Jessica Rizzo of Lamacchia Realty & Attorney Emily Zelenovic — benefiting Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry in Dalton was the WINNER raising the MOST CHARITABLE DONATIONS of $3,050 raised!
• Team Los Nocheros — Celeste Cano & Derek Strzepa of Nocher Realty, with Kaylin Choquette of Pittsfield Cooperative Bank — benefiting Berkshire Dream Center Food Pantry – Raised $2,794
• Team Pour Decisions — Brenda Durant, Kellie Perrault of Kempf Vanderburgh Realty Consultants, with Erin Carlotto of Greylock Federal Credit Union — benefiting Roots, Dreams & Mustard Seeds Food Pantry – raised $2,851
• Team Hilltown Helping Hands — Marnie Garzone & Natalie Rose of Bishop West Real Estate, Barbara Osborne of Ashmere Realty with Phil Celentano of Trustco Bank — benefiting the Hinsdale Food Pantry – raised $1,781

A special shoutout to RCS leads Mariah Worth Chair and Marnie Garzone team wrangler, along with affiliate lenders Jake Dabrowski of Leader Bank and Phil Celentano from Trustco Bank for being our money counter and location scout. Shout out to Proprietor’s Lodge and awesome staff for hosting us!

Thank you to everybody who supported and came out — we couldn’t have done it without you! Cheers to raising a glass and feeding our neighbors.