http://www.mychamplainvalley.com/story/chittenden-emergency-food-shelf-homebound-delivery/d/story/85bxnuIigUa4aM1CR1Vifg Our Feed A Family Campaign is in full swing.Generous people have been donating items that will go directly to the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf.We truly hope our efforts make a big impact this holiday season. So while we’re helping stock the shelves, some people have trouble getting there at all. They turn to the [...]

Christine Cousineau will get by with an $11 cut in her monthly food stamp allotment, she said, but she’ll feel it. “Eleven dollars cuts me back on milk, bread, maybe even meat,” said Cousineau of Burlington, a 64-year-old former machine operator on disability because of arthritis. As of Nov. 1, the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance [...]