CVOEO
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Opinion: Creating a COVID-19 recovery space for the homeless
I call it engineered chaos with an essential outcome and a timeline that had to be completed before it begins. The outcome is to “flatten the curve” and…
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Opinion: Work is more than just a state of mind
Bill Cherry made an appointment to speak with Gillian Franks from CVOEO’s Financial Futures Program over a decade ago. He was out of work and brewing beer in…
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Opinion: Saying goodbye to Laura at CVOEO
I can hear Laura Mistretta singing as she walks down the hall. Her office is diagonally across from mine. Occasionally, I can hear her on the phone. Her…
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Opinion: Enough tools in the toolbox
The call came into our Crisis Fuel Office after hours. We could tell it was an elderly gentleman. He stated he “really needed help with emergency fuel.” He…
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Note of appreciation: Food shelf fuller thanks to Eddy Farm School
This past Saturday the Eddy Farm School for Horse and Rider took a break from the horses and instead took the time to organize and orchestrate their annual…
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Opinion: CVOEO ready to help those in need
I keep two winter coats in my office year round now: a man’s and a woman’s coat. The “why” takes me back to last winter when Jonathan came…
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Opinion: Saving your way to security
She is a single mom with a toddler who was living at the Lund Family Center. Brittany was surrounded by people who were pulling for her to succeed.…
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Jan Demers: Programs are out there to keep families warm
I remember the cold coming on when I lived in the Northeast Kingdom. Seeing the first of the early morning frost and hearing trucks backing up to homes…
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Jan Demers: Pulling against poverty; pushing away hunger
“I hungry, Gamma”, said my two-year-old granddaughter. I would rend heaven and earth to make sure she had something to eat. And it was easily done with good…
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Opinion: We beat the odds
On any given Sunday evening volunteers at a local church in Burlington feed between 80 and 130 hungry people. The food is homemade, nutritious and delicious. The crowd…