Berkshire 150 – REGISTER TODAY!

Katrina Cardillo • March 31, 2021

To:    All Staff

From: Wellness Committee

Date: March 24, 2021

RE: 2021 Wellness Initiatives


This year’s Wellness Committee has been hard at work planning 2021 wellness initiatives, we hope that you have been able to check out the great workshops we have rolled out so far. We have many more available for the upcoming months. Be sure to log into the Employee Portal for a breakdown of all our workshops and register for those you are interested in!

This year we will be kicking off our Wellness events by participating in Berkshire Health System’s Berkshire 150 challenge. This is a 6-week program beginning Sunday April 18th that encourages people to get active. They are encouraging participants to be active for at least 150 minutes per week. You will receive weekly emails from BHS with great ideas on places to go to be active, opportunities to participate in photo engagements, etc. They will also be awarding 10 prizes at random at the end of the challenge to anyone who has entered their weekly minutes.


We are looking to have several teams participating in this challenge. Teams can have anywhere from 2-20 members. We are encouraging both staff and individuals to participate in this challenge!


We are looking for you to join us in this challenge by either forming your own team or joining a team.


Here is how it would work:


  • If you are looking to be a team captain, contact Laura Baran by Wednesday 3/31/2021 and you will receive a spreadsheet to be able to submit the registration information for the participants on your team.
  • If you are looking to join a team, please reach out to Laura Baran to be added to the BFAIR Goal Getters team by Monday April 5, 2021 at the latest. You will need to provide your name, email address, age, and zip code.
  • You will be registered by the Wellness Committee for the challenge.
  • Each team member will be responsible to enter their weekly minutes directly to the Berkshire Health Systems portal. You will receive a link to your email once you are registered. For any individuals participating, we can track minutes on paper and turn into BHS at the completion of the 6 weeks.
  • Each team member will also turn in their weekly minutes to their team captain by Monday morning at 9 a.m.
  • Team Captains will turn in their team trackers to Laura Baran by 3 p.m. each Monday for our internal tracking.


We will announce weekly who is our top 3 team and individuals in the portal and on our BFAIR Facebook Wellness Group as well as our top 3 teams and individuals upon completion of the challenge.


Are you up to the challenge? Or let’s get ready to show Berkshire County what the BFAIR team has got! Let’s win this challenge!

Katrina Cardillo

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