BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 16 -- The Berkshire Bank Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Berkshire Bank Foundation invests nearly $400,000 invested in local nonprofits The Berkshire Bank Foundation invested nearly $400,000 in its communities through grants to 96 nonprofit organizations in Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont from July to September. "We are committed to supporting the nonprofits in our communities that are doing important work to meet more PR