As part of a broader package to raise $35 million in tax revenue, the Vermont House Ways and Means committee approved a plan to cap itemized deductions at 2.5 times the standard deduction by an 8-3 vote. This package includes charitable deductions. As reported by Common Good Vermont, while charitable deductions are estimated to generate [...]
National Life Group Foundation announced their continued support of the Vermont Foodbank BackPack Program with a $25,000 grant. In October 2008, the Foodbank launched the weekend nutrition program for school-aged children at a handful of schools around Vermont. Now in its seventh year, the BackPack Program is a nationally-recognized program of Feeding America and is [...]
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 [...]
Last week, employees of Vermont Mutual Insurance Group made a trip to the Vermont Foodbank. Besides spending the afternoon working in the Foodbank’s warehouse, Vermont Mutual’s President & CEO, William Catto, and a group of employees presented the Foodbank with a $10,000 donation to support hunger relief in Vermont, on behalf of the Vermont Mutual [...]
The People’s United Community Foundation, the philanthropic arm of People’s United Bank, announced today that it has once again awarded $20,000 to the Vermont Foodbank for the purchasing and distribution of food. Founded in 1986, the Vermont Foodbank was started in response to an increased need for emergency food assistance among low-income households in central [...]
Representatives from the Citizens Bank presented the Vermont Foodbank with a $15,000 gift to support the work of getting more food to Vermonters in need. The donation will support the Direct Distribution Program at the Vermont Foodbank, currently serving residents at low-income housing sites throughout Vermont. Twice a week, the Vermont Foodbank staff and volunteers [...]
