food shelf
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Food shelves brace for demand
Local food shelves and charities are preparing for a swell in food insecurity.
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HOPE: The last bastion of aid is feeling the strain
Helping Overcome Poverty’s Effects, a Middlebury-based nonprofit, is starting to feel the strain from increasing assistance requests from low-income folks who’ve exhausted other aid outlets.
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HOPE needs help to provide food and gifts for the season
As the same time that Helping Overcome Poverty’s Effects (HOPE) is fielding a growing number of requests for food, clothing and other necessities, the Middlebury nonprofit is also…
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Food shelf in Bristol gets boost for holidays
This food shelf’s Thanksgiving distribution will take place this Friday, Nov. 22, from 5-6 p.m. at the St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Bristol. The Christmas distribution will take…
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Hunger is surging in the county
Hunger in Addison County is reaching historic proportions, according to Jeanne Montross, longtime leader of the Middlebury nonprofit known as Helping Overcome Poverty’s Effects, or HOPE.
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New mobile refrigerator key to local food supply
Thanks to a grant-funded refrigerator on wheels, HOPE will increasingly be able to bring food to hungry, transportation-challenged people — especially those in the rural fringes of the…
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Letter to the editor: Deer hunter shares venison
Last Thursday’s paper had an exceptional photo of Dorothy Muzzy with her 9-pointer, which she landed on the last day of hunting season. What the photo does not…
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Human food shelf to serve pets, too
Beginning Monday, Nov. 15, Middlebury’s Helping Overcome Poverty’s Effects’s (HOPE) food shelf will be open not only to humans, but also their four-legged friends.
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New Haven food shelf in the works
NEW HAVEN — A volunteer effort is under way to establish a free food pantry in New Haven. There are similar pantries in Monkton, Lincoln, Bristol and Starksboro. …
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Rotarians donate to food shelf
VERGENNES — During the COVID-19 pandemic, a small group of Rotarians in Vergennes stepped up to generate a $700 donation to the Vergennes Area Food Shelf. This small…
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Vergennes food shelf continues to distribute food, seeks donations
VERGENNES — The Vergennes Community Food shelf has announced that they will continue to provide services, but will be switching to “outside only” food distribution as a response…
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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…