31 05, 2016

Community Kitchen Academy Stories: Part 1

2017-11-08T16:15:46-05:00May 31st, 2016|Support Our Work, Uncategorized|

“We issue their uniforms…and everyone comes in dressed up and we line them up and go through the brigade and we kind of inspect them, and I think it’s the first time they’ve ever belonged.” That’s from our first story in a three part video series about Community Kitchen Academy (CKA), a program through the [...]

18 12, 2015

Vermont Foodbank’s Brattleboro Distribution Center

2018-12-07T15:36:11-05:00December 18th, 2015|Donors & Donations, Support Our Work|

Today's blog is written by Alex Bornstein, Chief Operations Officer at the Vermont Foodbank. Vernon School students help sort food at the warehouse in Brattleboro. The Vermont Foodbank’s Brattleboro warehouse, one of four Foodbank warehouses serving Vermont, has increased pounds distributed by 37% over the last two years, serving as a major [...]

2 12, 2015

Setting Organizational Goals; Achieving Success

2017-11-08T16:15:50-05:00December 2nd, 2015|Donors & Donations, Support Our Work|

Alex accepts a check from Mill River High School Students, who raised money to provide holiday meals for their community. In today's blog, Alex Bornstein, Chief Operations Officer at the Vermont Foodbank, writes about the importance of setting and communicating organizational goals. The Vermont Foodbank is constantly striving to increase our impact on [...]

8 08, 2015

What if other countries wanted to help?

2017-11-08T16:16:01-05:00August 8th, 2015|About Hunger, Donors & Donations, Support Our Work, Take Action|

This is a post from John Sayles, Vermont Foodbank CEO. How does the U.S. compare to other countries when it comes to hunger? Not just Germany (or other “social democratic” countries), but China or Slovenia? Not so well, it turns out. Share our Strength, a national anti-hunger organization has developed some provocative ads that turn [...]

19 06, 2015

Jess Kurti’s Beast of Burden Challenge

2017-11-08T16:16:08-05:00June 19th, 2015|About Hunger, Support Our Work, Volunteers & Volunteer Opportunities|

We recently received a visit from Jess Kurti, who is volunteering at all 200 Feeding America member food banks. She's also running marathons in each state, but we got her to pause for a second to tell us more about what she calls the Beast of Burden Challenge: Jess, please tell us more about yourself. [...]

11 06, 2015

Drive for Charity: Win a New Car and Support the Foodbank

2017-11-08T16:16:09-05:00June 11th, 2015|Events, Support Our Work|

The Vermont Foodbank announced the start of Drive For Charity this month. For just $5, participants can enter to win their choice of a brand new Subaru Impreza, Toyota Corolla, Scion tC or Honda Civic. The winner’s choice of vehicle will be donated to the Vermont Foodbank by 802 Cars. “We’ve wanted to partner with [...]

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