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Vermont Business Magazine The Fanny Allen Foundation has awarded $10,000 to CVOEO to support the organization’s food shelves serving Addison, Franklin and Grand Isle counties. These funds will be used to support the efforts of Addison Community Action Food Shelf and NorthWest Family Foods to improve food access and support advocacy and educational efforts.
NorthWest Family Foods (with one main site in St. Albans, three satellite sites in Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, and Food Shelf on Wheels in Grand Isle County) and Addison Community Action Food Shelf respectively serve approximately 6,000 and 1,000 households annually.
Approximately 4,450 families are food insecure in Franklin County, 590 in Grand Isle County, and 3,500 in Addison County. Furthermore, according to a University of Vermont survey, food insecurity across Vermont is on the rise, and has increased by 33 percent during the pandemic, partially because many families have struggle
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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Community Foundation announced today that in partnership with many of its generous fundholders $169,711.94 in Spark Connecting Community grants has been awarded to 64 nonprofit organizations for local projects in communities across the state, including some nonprofits that serve residents in multiple counties. Of the total funding awarded, $77,950 was made possible by Giving Together, a program at the Community Foundation that shares grant proposals with fundholders and donors to give them the opportunity to co-fund projects.
Spark Connecting Community is a competitive grant program at the Foundation that puts building and nurturing community front and center. The Community Foundation aims to support the work happening throughout Vermont’s 251 towns that builds social capital. These grants where a small amount can make a big difference are intended to light the spark that keeps Vermonters healthy and happy.