Your Healthiest Self – Emotional Wellness Checklist

Local businesses play a significant role in fostering volunteering and teamwork within the community. Berks Encore and its volunteers pack and deliver more than 600 meals every weekday, requiring a dedicated team to ensure deliveries. Many of our volunteers are retired but we also have several employees from local companies that juggle their commitment to…

Volunteer Spotlight For the past 10 years, Peg Wrede has been a dedicated volunteer for Berks Encore. Peg retired after a 30-year career as a candy maker with R.M. Palmer. To escape the summer heat in 2013, Peg started participating in activities at the Berks Encore Reading Center. At the time, the center manager was…

A Heart for Service For more than two decades, Kimberly Huntsman has been a devoted volunteer bringing more than just nourishment to homebound seniors in Berks County through Meals on Wheels. Her journey began 23 years ago with a group of moms from St. Ignatius Loyola Church and School. They delivered meals regularly, looking for…