This week's blog was written by Vermont Foodbank Ambassador Jane M. Vossler. Jane has been working with the Vermont Foodbank on a number of important projects, including Hunger 101 and Summer Food Service Program. Recently, Jane spent the day in Canaan, Vermont, visiting one of our Summer Food Service sites. Maja, who will be entering fourth grade in [...]
School has ended and so has breakfast and lunch for some children. Many children aren’t planning fun summer adventures or trips with friends. They’re wondering when they’ll be able to eat again. Every summer 2.3 million children receive free nutritious meals through the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) nationwide. It is expected that 4,950 meals [...]
Summer is here, and for thousands of kids in Vermont the meals they receive through school breakfast and lunch programs are the only ones they can count on during the school year. One in 5 Vermont children, under the age of 18, struggles with hunger. Imagine those children during the summer months not knowing when they’ll be able [...]
This year is the 4th Annual Vermont Foodbank Hunger Conference, titled “Understanding the Persistence of Hunger and Poverty.” There are so many public and private efforts to relieve hunger and poverty both in this country and around the world, yet the problems persist. In fact, it seems that hunger and poverty have always been with [...]