Homemade soup and handcrafted bowls by local potters will be the highlight at The Central Vermont Empty Bowl Benefit, a fundraiser for the Vermont Foodbank, on Sunday, February 15 from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. at The Mud Studio in the Red Hen complex on Route 2 in Middlesex. Those attending the event will select a [...]
Since 1986, the Vermont Foodbank has provided a statewide network of food shelves, meal sites, shelters, senior centers and after-school programs with food and resources to ensure no one in Vermont goes hungry. In Rutland City alone, the poverty rate is 16%, 5% higher than Vermont as a whole. One in five Rutland County children [...]
Vermont Foodbank CEO John Sayles spoke to Eric Clemons of Comcast Newsmakers about the increasing need for the Foodbank's services in Vermont. This increase was substantiated by the Hunger in America 2014 study, which revealed that 153,000 Vermonters turn to food shelves or meal sites each year. Watch the quick video here:
This is an excerpt of the Report to the Governor from the Council on Pathways from Poverty, delivered on November 13, 2014. Vermont Foodbank CEO John Sayles is a member of this Council. Read the full Council on Pathways from Poverty Report. November 13, 2014 Governor Peter Shumlin 109 State Street, Pavilion Montpelier, VT 05609 [...]
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 [...]
Representatives from Long Trail Brewing Company, Farrell Distributing, and Hannaford Supermarkets visited the Vermont Foodbank with a check for $7,257, monies raised from a recent promotion in Hannaford stores throughout New England. This summer, Long Trail Brewing Company donated $1 for every case of Long Trail sold at Hannaford Supermarkets. In Vermont, Farrell matched Long [...]
