Culinary Program Helps Students At-Risk of Homelessness in Vermont
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A Taste of Home: Nonprofits Deliver Culturally-Appropriate Food to Afghan Refugees
(NECN & NBC10 Boston) "A nonprofit partnership in Vermont is helping Afghan refugees adapt to their new lives in the United States— starting with groceries. 'I’m really enjoying being here in Vermont,' said Hedayat Arya, one of a wave of refugees from Afghanistan who have come to Vermont in recent weeks and months. 'We are [...]
Celebrating Thirty Years of Collaboration with City Market
City Market and Feeding Chittenden’s partnership first began over three decades ago when the two organizations were neighbors on North Winooski Avenue in Burlington’s Old North End. During that time, City Market would provide “food rescue” donations and worked with hunger relief advocates to encourage its patrons to make food & fund donations. Once City [...]
Feeding Chittenden Needs Help Supporting the Hungry this Holiday Season
(Local 22& 44) "Feeding Chittenden is looking to feed 3,500 families for Thanksgiving this year, and with the holiday less than a month away, it’s calling on the community to help support food insecure families. Donations received through the organization’s virtual food drive will be used to purchase turkeys, mashed potatoes, stuffing and potatoes. Anna McMahon, the Donor [...]
Thanksgiving 2021 with Feeding Chittenden
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. GET HELP THIS HOLIDAY SEASON You do not need to bring an ID, utility bills, or pay stubs. We will ask some basic [...]
Community Kitchen Academy Provides Skills and Community Benefits
(WCAX) "Give a person food, they eat for a day. Teach a person to cook, they’ll have skills for a lifetime. That’s the philosophy behind Feeding Chittenden’s Community Kitchen Academy." Check out the full story here!
New Mural, ‘Kind of Like Sunshine,’ at Feeding Chittenden
(NECN) "A project in Burlington, Vermont, is using art to uplift a hard-working charity, while helping that nonprofit with a job its own tight budget wouldn't otherwise have had room for. "It's popping out now," said Midhat Hadzic of Feeding Chittenden, Vermont's largest provider of direct emergency food support, referring to how the nonprofit’s formerly [...]
Piloting our Order-Ahead Program
(Local 22 & 44) Anna, our donor & community engagement manager, discussed our new pilot program that takes a human centered approach with an order-ahead delivery system that aims to include culturally relevant foods. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUPRy8CObyc
Feeding Chittenden Launches Online Platform
(WCAX) Feeding Chittenden has piloted their order ahead system with fellow CVOEO program, Head Start. This collaboration allows for families to order online and get the food they need. Check out the full story here.
Bernie Sanders Meme Merchandise Earns $1.8 Million for Vermont Charities
(NYTIMES) "Rob Meehan, the director of Feeding Chittenden, an emergency food provider in Burlington, Vt., said on Thursday that the group was “delighted by this gift.” “Senator Sanders has been a champion for people who experience hunger,” he said, “and this gift will go directly to purchase food to be distributed through our Food Access [...]