Pittsfield’s Berkshire Bank is collecting items to assemble care packages for soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Donated items will be collected from March 29 through April 9.

The bank is partnering with local service-connected organizations to distribute the care packages to soldiers. 

Collection boxes are set up at all bank branches and Berkshire Insurance Group offices throughout the Berkshire Bank system in Massachusetts, New York and Vermont.

Customers and the public are invited to participate in the care package drive by donating non-perishable foods, toiletries, games, DVDs and clothing items. A complete list of items can be found at any Berkshire Bank or at www.berkshirebank.com.

In addition, bank employees and students from local Berkshire County schools will write letters to the troops that will be included in the care packages as a way of saying thank you for the work they are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan.