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April 29 was an important day for Vermont Everyone Eats, the state s unique food assistance program that partners with local farms and restaurants to offer free meals to Vermonters in need.
The program served its millionth meal on April 29, the same day the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced a grant of nearly $2 million for the program.
Vermont Everyone Eats launched in the early months of the COVID pandemic with the aim of helping hungry Vermonters, local farmers and the restaurant industry alike.
From the spring through the fall of 2020, more than one in four Vermonters experienced food insecurity, according to a report published by the program. Spurred by the coronavirus pandemic and the economic devastation that followed, it was a marked jump from the typical rate of one in 10.
March 6, 2021 2:28 am by Sophia Buckley-Clement Views: 65
A volunteer bags food at the Food Center.
As COVID relief efforts continue to disproportionally impact college students –specifically adult dependents – more and more students are facing food and housing insecurity.
Roughly 39% of college students reported food insecurity this past year, according to an annual survey conducted across 227 collegiate schools by Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice at Temple University.
Vermont has implemented measures to address those facing food insecurity as a result of the pandemic and students are no exception.
“Everyone Eats” is a food-relief program that partners with local restaurants and farms to make individually packaged, cold, prepared dinners for anyone suffering adverse effects from the COVID pandemic.
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THE NUMBERS
Two Vermonters died of COVID-19 over the past day, the state Department of Health reported Thursday. The death toll is now 181.
The department reported 165 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. The reported total of 12,503 is 174 higher than the total reported Wednesday. The department did not explain the discrepancy.
Bennington County continues to have the highest rate of COVID-19 among Vermont counties, at 321.9 cases per 10,000 residents since the beginning of the pandemic. Chittenden County is second, at 253.9, while the rate in Windham County is 190.4.
Bennington County has reported 309 new cases over the past two weeks, and Windham County has reported 66. Chittenden County, Vermontâs largest county, has had 471 over the same period.
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SPRINGFIELD â The Vermont Everyone Eats program that has provided free restaurant to-go meals to COVID-impacted Vermonters since August is being put on hold as of December 31.
Everyone Eats has engaged more than 170 Vermont farms and food producers, played a key role in keeping more than 150 restaurants in business, and provided more than 500,000 meals to members of communities in all 14 Vermont counties. This program was made possible in 2020 with CARES Act funding through a grant from VT Agency of Commerce and Community Development to Southeastern Vermont Community Action (SEVCA) and partnerships with 14 Community Hubs around Vermont. All program partners would like to continue and are working to identify new sources of funding to continue in 2021.