This inspiring guest blog was written by 15- and 13-year-olds, Michael and Andrew Hyde. They planned their own DIY fundraising bike ride to help the Vermont Foodbank end hunger. Hi, our names are Michael and Andrew Hyde. We were both born and raised in New York City. We have been traveling to Vermont since we were [...]
One in four people in Vermont struggle with hunger, that's more than 150,000 individuals within our home state and that's why Small Dog Electronics getting involved! This holiday season shop local and support local. By shopping with Small Dog Electronics you'll be directly supporting and impacting your local community. Small Dog Electronics has teamed up [...]
The AIDS Project of Southern Vermont (APSV) is a regional AIDS service organization that provides direct services to people living with HIV/AIDS, and prevention services to those at high risk in Windham, Bennington, and southern Windsor counties. Founded by volunteers in 1988 as a grassroots, community based group, the AIDS Project fills an important statewide [...]
In 2014, PAWSitive PAWSitive Pantry and the Vermont Foodbank teamed up to annually supply food shelves throughout Vermont with 40,000 lbs of pet food. This month, thanks to a donation from theRescue Bank, a program of GreaterGood.org, PAWSitive and the Vermont Foodbank will be able to provide an additional 39,396 lbs of dog food. The [...]
It’s a donation from the sun. That’s true of the very sunny gift Vermont Timber Works makes to the Foodbank thanks to their unique solar production at their offices and shop in North Springfield, VT. Vermont Timber Works went all solar in January of 2015, and since then all of the office and shop power [...]
This blog was written by Susan Ohlidal. Susan is an Episcopal priest and chairs the Leadership Team of Kingdom Community Services, an interfaith partnership that shares food and other resources to fill basic needs for all, acting out of justice and compassion. Ever need to revitalize your community relationships? Maybe you want to have more “face” [...]
