This summer, Sterling College students assisted our gleaning program by harvesting fresh, excess produce from Pete's Greens in Craftsbury, VT. They gathered 450 lbs of chard for food shelves and meal sites in the area, as well as interviewed our Gleaning & Community Outreach Coordinator for the Northeast Kingdom, Andrea Solazzo. Beana Bern, Digital Content [...]
"Lucy Wollaeger has been a special volunteer for the Vermont Foodbank gleaning program. Not only has she been a great gleaner, working diligently and thoughtfully, but she deeply cares about the work being done at the Vermont Foodbank. Her dedication towards getting local, fresh vegetables to neighbors in need is inspiring and shown is through [...]
This is a guest post from our friends at Vermont Mutual Insurance Group. Vermont Foodbank supporters for the past 13 years, they have steadily increased their staff involvement and financial investment in the fight against hunger and we are delighted to have them join us in alleviating hunger in Vermont. We are thrilled to have [...]
"My name is Jean Dickinson. There are 4 boys and 1 girl in our family - all grown now - maybe because I fed them." Jean Dickinson is a lively and frugal Vermonter and long-time supporter of the Vermont Foodbank. We met with her in May, during Older Americans Month. We won't reveal her age, [...]
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. [...]
"The food bank’s partner agencies and their programs are on the forefront of service delivery. They are organized and staffed in ways that allow them to carry out their mission while remaining focused and operating within what is typically a limited budget. They obtain the food they distribute from the foodbank and various other sources, [...]
