Charter House Coalition


  • Middlebury homeless shelter getting more paid staff

    Middlebury homeless shelter getting more paid staff

    Middlebury’s Charter House Emergency Shelter is expanding its services and transitioning from a mostly volunteer-driven organization to professional one, with paid staff.

  • Restaurant workers help bring joy to homeless shelters

    Restaurant workers help bring joy to homeless shelters

    Recently eight local restaurants participated in an effort provide Christmas cookies to homeless shelters around the state.

  • Local shelters fill up as temperatures dip

    Addison County’s two emergency homeless shelters are already full and carrying waiting lists as bone- chilling temperatures, sleet and snow once again take center stage in the Champlain…

  • Charter House director to give talk on homelessness

    Charter House director to give talk on homelessness

    As part of its 2021-2022 speaker series, The American Association of University Women (AAUW) invites the community to the second event of the series on Tuesday, Nov. 16,…

  • Art raffle raises funds for Charter House Coalition

    Raffle tickets are on sale now to support the “Vermont Artists for Vermont’s Homeless” campaign. This annual fundraiser supports the Charter House Coalition Homeless Shelter in Middlebury. This…

  • Charter House shelter gears up

    Charter House shelter gears up

    MIDDLEBURY — The Charter House Coalition’s (CHC) warming shelter at 27 North Pleasant St. is pushing through this nasty winter stretch with a new leader, added professional staff…

  • College student helps feed Middlebury homeless

    College student helps feed Middlebury homeless

    MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College sophomore Jack Eschert has been helping others for about as long as he can remember. It probably started when, at age 5, he joined…

  • Opinion: New tax deductions help us all

    One important feature of the recent CARES COVID-19 recovery act has gone underreported.  Donations to charities up to $300 are now 100% deductible even for those using the…

  • Charter House continues its work serving the homeless

    MIDDLEBURY — Leaders of the Charter House Coalition (CHC) want people to know that work continues on behalf of the homeless even though the shelter at 27 North…

  • Homeless shelters adapt to COVID-19 rules

    Homeless shelters adapt to COVID-19 rules

    UPDATE: The Charter House warming shelter has closed. Click here to read the story. MIDDLEBURY — Addison County homeless shelters continue to stay open for business, and they’re…