With each new school year, the Vermont Foodbank wants to do everything it can to ensure that the kids in our communities don’t go hungry over the weekend. Beginning in October 2008, the Foodbank launched a weekend program for children called the BackPack Program. This nationally recognized program of Feeding America is designed to meet [...]
Jen Hutchinson is the Youth Programs Manager at the Vermont Foodbank. In October 2012, she wrote a guest blog post for Feeding America about the Vermont Foodbank BackPack Program. This program is now eligible for a $45,000 grant from Walmart's Fighting Hunger Together Initiative. We need your support because the grants are given to the [...]
Exciting news - we are up for a $45,000 Walmart grant and you can help us win! As part of their Fighting Hunger Together initiative, Walmart is giving out $3 million in grants for the most innovative and effective programs that help alleviate child hunger. The Vermont Foodbank is in the running to win one [...]
Jen Hutchinson, Youth Program Manager at the Foodbank was a guest blogger on Feeding America's Blog last week. Take a minute to read Jen's very personal story about why feeding children is important to her. I am starting my fifth year of managing the BackPack program for the Vermont Foodbank, and to be honest lately [...]
In the wake of Tropical Storm Irene, the Vermont Foodbank heard from thousands of concerned individuals and businesses, looking to support Vermonters in need of food. More than 500,000 pounds of food was received and distributed in direct response to Irene. The Foodbank received support from food banks throughout the region and as far as [...]
Dollar & Sense: Public Benefits for Economic Gains Hunger's true cost is astonishing. On an individual level, hunger hurts. But hunger in America has a cost far beyond the human suffering. The Center for American Progress estimated that in 2010, hunger cost our country $167.5 billion, or $542 per person -- due to the combination of lost economic [...]
