Hunger in America is a series of quadrennial studies that provide comprehensive demographic profiles of people seeking food assistance through the charitable sector and an in-depth analysis of food banks around the country that provide this assistance. It is the largest study of its kind. In 2014, the Vermont Foodbank released Hunger in America 2014—surveying [...]
Numbers are never the whole story, but Hunger in America 2014 data tells us that 153,100 Vermonters — 61,800 families — are using food provided by the Vermont Foodbank to ensure they get enough food to eat throughout the year. Another national study, Map the Meal Gap, tells us that Vermonters miss more than 14.6 [...]
Imagine for a moment that you’ve been working in a factory for almost forty years. You make enough money to get by: you buy a house, raise a family, and volunteer at the local food shelf. But money is always tight. Saving money for retirement or a vacation is out of the question. Then tragedy [...]
Many Vermont kids rely on school breakfasts, free or reduced lunches and after-school programming for their meals during the week. On the weekends and during vacations, though, a food insecure household may have to stretch its resources even farther with kids at home all day. The Vermont Foodbank BackPack Program helps alleviate childhood hunger during [...]
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 [...]
