"Eat your greens!" Can you still hear Mom’s words like I can? Though I may have complained at the time, I know that she was just trying to make sure I got enough fresh veggies. Like little seeds, our children need the right nutrients to grow up healthy. But for so many families, healthy food [...]
Dear Friend of the Foodbank, If you’ve ever uttered the phrase “where are you putting all that food?,” then you have witnessed how a growing child can eat. We are all united in a constant state of awareness of what our children consume. When our kids are shortchanged at the dinner table, they’re actually shortchanged [...]
The Worthy Group, owners of The Worthy Kitchen in Woodstock, VT, and The Worthy Burger in South Royalton, VT, have created an annual event, "The Night Before The Night Before," to benefit the Vermont Foodbank. The event is held two nights before Christmas, thus the name, and this year they raised $7,000! That will help [...]
The Hunger in America 2014 study revealed that 1 in 4 Vermonters use the Vermont Foodbank network each year, including nearly 34,000 children and more than 26,000 senior citizens. We know the face of hunger in Vermont is changing: your neighbor, your coworker, your brother, your grandmother. Every day, people around us are struggling with [...]
Homemade soup and handcrafted bowls by local potters will be the highlight at The Central Vermont Empty Bowl Benefit, a fundraiser for the Vermont Foodbank, on Sunday, February 15 from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. at The Mud Studio in the Red Hen complex on Route 2 in Middlesex. Those attending the event will select a [...]
Dear Friend of the Foodbank, Hunger in our community is growing. But the solution is in our hands. Food in Vermont is abundant. We just need help acquiring and delivering it to those in our community who are hungry. Hunger in our community is unacceptable. Together we can do something about that. When we all [...]
