BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) Saturday marked the 6th Annual Trotting of the Turkeys. Dozens marched down Church Street with the University of Vermont's pep band and dance team to support the Burlington Sunrise Rotary Club and Feeding Chittenden. The goal was to raise enough money for at least 500 birds, and that goal was believed to [...]
City Market runs a Food for All program that gives low income Vermonters an opportunity to access healthy, local foods. Below we have outlined the program with information we got from their website: http://www.citymarket.coop/foodforall. City Market’s Food for All (FFA) is a discount program that is working to increase food access to low income Vermonters. [...]
Over the next three years we will have three different AmeriCorps member serving here at Feeding Chittenden. We are so excited for all that they will do to help our organization but thought it would be important for everyone to have some background information! So, starting with a more general question: what is AmeriCorps? Nationalservice.gov [...]
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) As the temperatures start to drop, a local food shelf says their need for donations goes up. Feeding Chittenden says they've seen a 30 percent increase in the number of people reaching out for services this past year. The organization, formerly known as the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf, says they see 200-300 people [...]
(VTDigger) Burlington, VT – City Market is excited to share that in September, they surpassed $1 Million in donations through the Rally for Change program since it launched in October, 2014. Rally for Change allows members and customers to “round up” to the nearest dollar when they check-out at City Market. At the end of [...]
Local 22 & Local 44’s Lauren Maloney talks with Anna McMahon, community engagement manager with Feeding Chittenden, formerly the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf. McMahon said the new logo and branding campaign reflects the scope of the organization’s work, which includes grocery deliveries for people with disabilities and a food truck that provides free community meals. [...]
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August 28, 2013, Burlington, VT – The Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf, in partnership with the Vermont Foodbank, are proud to announce and welcome James Consentino as the Chef Instructor of Community Kitchen Academy (CKA). James joins the CKA team from ARAMARK in the Northeast Region where he served as the Senior Food Quality and Standards Manager. [...]
Tiffany Griffiths examined the canned foods and meat at the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf as she gathered her bounty for the rest of the week a few weeks before Thanksgiving. “It’s hit or miss if you’re lucky,” Griffiths said, explaining that some days at the food shelf, it is impossible to find what she is [...]
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 [...]