The Berkshire Bank Foundation is once again running a scholarship program for high school seniors. Students in Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, and Southern Vermont are eligible.
The program will award $45,000 in scholarship funds to students who have exemplified community service, been successful academically, and demonstrated financial need. Thirty $1,500 scholarships will be awarded to seniors who will attend a two- or four-year college in the fall.
More information is available here. The application deadline is March 27.
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Pittsfield, Mass.–based Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: BHLB) has assets of $5.5 billion and 73 branches in Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, and Vermont. The company, parent of Berkshire Bank, first entered the Central New York market in 2011 with its acquisition of Rome Savings Bank and acquired DeWitt–based Beacon Federal in October.
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