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With more than 50 large-scale sculptures scattered atop picturesque fields, Lemon Fair Sculpture Park "is a hidden gem in Addison County," wrote one Seven Days reader. East Shoreham residents and art enthusiasts Frank and Elaine Ittleman first opened their property to the public in 2016 for free, self-guided tours along a mowed path — and they've continued to welcome visitors, in season, throughout the pandemic. One Vermonter summed up the experience: "Being able to walk with a friend outdoors amongst these giant art installations was a wonderful way to be able to socialize safely." ....
Helen Reid, Acting director, Vermont Department of Health Laboratory Eight months. That s how long Helen Reid thought she might be acting director of the Vermont Department of Health Laboratory in Colchester after the retirement of her predecessor in October 2019. She agreed to fill in until a permanent replacement could be hired. But four months into Reid s temporary role, Vermont entered its worst public health crisis in a century. She found herself, along with the rest of the lab s staff, in siege mode. The team oversaw one of the most important tasks for slowing the pandemic: implementing the laboratory tests that determine who has contracted COVID-19. ....
Julia DoucetOpen Door Clinic outreach nurse, Middlebury Julia Doucet of Middlebury s Open Door Clinic had just vaccinated two workers on an Addison County dairy farm last month when she spied another one a short distance away, walking toward an outbuilding. click image Don t you want the COVID vaccine? Doucet called out in Spanish. Why not, right? she nudged gently. The man paused and approached the folding table set up within view of a cow peeking out of the barn.
Perfecto! Doucet said with a warm smile. The owner, who requested that the farm not be identified, also got a shot. He watched incredulously as his employee rolled up a sleeve. He was totally against getting it, he said. ....
Preparing meals for Everyone Eats Vermont Everyone Eats! has served more than 1,024,000 meals to residents impacted by COVID-19. The program helped save an estimated 500 restaurant jobs and provided consistent business to some 200 eateries when that industry was dealt a severe pandemic blow. The meals from chicken-and-leek pie with salad to chicken sausage with couscous and green beans even include local ingredients. Yet before the state legislature established the program in August 2020 with $5 million in CARES Act relief funds, a grassroots movement sprang up across the state to feed people in need. These early efforts swift business pivots that involved a collaboration of restaurants and nonprofits included ShiftMeals in Burlington, organized by the Skinny Pancake; a partnership in Vergennes among the city s Boys & Girls Club, Bar Antidote and Three Squares Café; and a southern Vermont initiative, Nourishing ....