BURLINGTON, Vt. (MYNBC5) — Like many food shelves, Feeding Chittenden has seen the number of people coming to them for services grow throughout the pandemic. The team felt they could handle it, quickly transitioning to non-contact hot meal handouts and food deliveries. Hannah Harrington, the annual fund manager, couldn't shake the feeling their pre-packaged boxes [...]
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - With more people in need this holiday season, Feeding Chittenden is coming up short on their Thanksgiving meal goal. “We want to make sure every family has a full Thanksgiving meal," said Anna McMahon with Feeding Chittenden. McMahon says their mission hasn’t changed, but the method to reach their goal has. [...]
BURLINGTON, Vt. (MYNBC5) — Feeding Chittenden started giving out the turkeys Wednesday, but they only have enough to help feed 750 families experiencing food insecurity. "A little bit goes a long way," McMahon said. "Even a donation of $25 -- that will help feed a family of four." Check Out the full Story Here.
(SEVENDAYS) Like so many events this year, the annual Turkey Round-Up at Feeding Chittenden has gone online. In years past, community members dropped off turkeys in person at the food shelf's North Winooski Avenue building in Burlington. This year, they can make virtual donations to reach the goal of feeding 3,500 food-insecure families this holiday season. [...]
Thanksgiving will look different for each of us this year, but Feeding Chittenden is committed to providing food assistance and resources to our community this holiday season. Our primary goal is to maintain the health and safety of recipients, volunteers, partners, and staff. Since the onset of COVID-19, Feeding Chittenden has seen a 38% increase [...]
Feeding Chittenden is committed to providing food assistance and resources to the nearly 12,000 people we serve annually and those affected by the COVID-19 crisis. We have made changes to meal and grocery distribution in order to reduce contact and ensure implementation of infection control and prevention procedures. Feeding Chittenden’s goal is to maintain the [...]
Local 22 & Local 44’s Spencer Thomas set out to Feeding Chittenden in Burlington, Vermont, for their annual Turkey Round-Up. The emergency food provider is trying to collect 4,500 turkey’s this year, with hopes to feed families in need all across Chittenden County. The food shelf will be accepting turkeys, fixings, as well as monetary donations. [...]
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week wraps up on Sunday. To show support, some people in Vermont have decided to take the 3SquaresVT Challenge. The challenge is to eat on the average 3Squares benefit, formerly known as food stamps. For an individual, that's $36 per week, or about $5.14 a day or $1.71 [...]
(VTDIGGER) Burlington, VT— Community members Chip and Mary Hart are calling on fellow Vermonters to donate turkeys to Feeding Chittenden, formerly the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf, and they will match the next 500 turkeys donated! Thanksgiving is less than a month away and Feeding Chittenden is 3,873 short of their 4,500 goal. Learn more.
(MyNBC5) SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. — For many of us, the holiday season brings fond thoughts and memories of family holiday dinners. But many others in our community don’t have the financial resources to fill their holiday tables with the kind of meal that so many of us take for granted. Feeding Chittenden - formally known [...]