"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 [...]
On Saturday, May 16, 2015, the United Church of Hinesburg will host its 3rd annual 5K/1K Fun Run & Walk fundraiser to benefit the Vermont Foodbank BackPack Program. The Vermont Foodbank BackPack Program was started in 2008 in an effort to provide a reliable source of nutritious food for youth over the weekend or during [...]
The annual Hunger Action Conference will be held on Friday May, 8, 2015 at the Killington Grand Resort Hotel. This year’s day-long conference will explore the relationship between hunger, health and nutrition. “We know that our clients cope with food insecurity in a variety of ways—some purchase inexpensive foods that are high in calories and [...]
“The Vermont Foodbank is grateful to Senator Leahy for his introduction of The Good Samaritan Hunger Relief Tax Incentive Extension Act,” said John Sayles, Vermont Foodbank CEO. “We rely on donated food from so many businesses, farms and restaurants in Vermont—this bill is a way to incentivize and thank them for all they do for [...]
National Volunteer Appreciation Week is April 12-18. We'd like to take this opportunity - on the blog, with social media, in person and at our facilities - to thank the volunteers that help us serve our neighbors in need. To kick off the week on the blog, we thought there would be no better way [...]
Donation is part of $107,000 raised to fight hunger in Vermont Hannaford Supermarkets donated approximately $5,000 in food to the Vermont Foodbank on March 13th as part of a hunger-relief campaign that produced more than $1 million in product and cash donations across five Northeast states, including $107,000 in Vermont. Hannaford Helps Fight Hunger took [...]
