From September 13-19 of this month, we've celebrated Volunteer Action Week as part of Hunger Action Month. You can read more about the amazing volunteers we've profiled here. We would also like to thank the many incredible organizations who send us volunteers. We are able to feed 153,000 of our neighbors because of the hard [...]
We'll be featuring Millennial Philanthropists in a blog series this month, asking them a few brief questions about why they give and get involved with causes. For more info, visit our Millennial Philanthropist Project. First up, we'd like to introduce Philip Kolling. Phil is a 30 year old dad, husband, student, SerVermont Executive Director, outdoorsman, [...]
The Vermont Foodbank Hunger Action Conference was May 7, 2013. We captured videos of participants, keynote speakers and shining examples. If you weren't able to make it, you can still join the conversation! We asked conference participants what excited them about the Vermont Foodbank Hunger Action Conference, and got cameos from allies at UVM Extension, [...]
The Vermont Foodbank Hunger Action Conference has become one of New England’s top resources for training and insight focusing on the charitable food system, poverty and the issue of hunger. More than three hundred Foodbank partner food shelves and meal sites, business leaders, state employees and elected officials, philanthropists, citizens and other service providers will [...]
