Berkshire Farm Center & Services for Youth

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Roberts Cottage 86-88! Huge campus. So much to do there. Watch out for kropski!

Pete Molle

I was here from 84 - 86. Thx to Al Barratto, Frank Burrell, Joe Smith, Burt Gamberdella, George Lagonia, & Tony Jones. These men helped me lean to fly, without the plane! Twombly cottage #1. RIP Chuck Burkhart (lol - Mida). Forever young my brotha. - Peter Molle 💪🏼😎

Bailey Naples

Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth is an established agency across all of New York State. At the helm is a caring, compassionate, thoughtful, and intelligent leader guiding the business lines in ethical and industry bets practice standards. The individuals working within the agency truly embrace the mission statement and know that they make a difference in the communities around us.

Matt Dillon

I was sense to go to Berkshire farm through a pins program,in 1986 & I was there through 89 & was in Twombly Collage lower campus.and wow things where very bad when I first showed up there and things changed a lot through the three years I was there..it was all boys home then upper & lower campus…I would really love to see and talk to others that have gone there about the same time I did….after going there they had to send me to another place because I was too old and so they sent me to Rochester a group home that was affiliated with Berkshire farm…..tbh Berkshire had a staff member that was molesting kids then and also hitting some kids..I recall a few things there from kids committing suicide which I seen in person,to kids trying to run away from there and big cottage fights that use to go on a lot in the 80’s…this is going to sound very odd but outside of that there was some things I did like there..getting my Home leaves every month,being able to earn my points so I can have my own room.(they had a point system for the cottages for kids to earn in order to get extra privileges)and one of the upper campus cottage had a staff member that had a personal friend relation with Don King and they talk and taught kids how to box and deal with anger….I have to say back then Berkshire was GREAT at hiding things that we’re bad that happened there, And keeping other people from finding out about some of the absolutely crazy things that did and was happening. With today’s technology I think things like that will never happen back then if we had the same tech back then,but in a odd way I have to say I do miss some of the people and staff members there I was there for 3 yrs of my Childhood