| Who we are |
We are a nonprofit group of volunteers dedicated to providing food
security for our friends and neighbors in and around Lamoille
County. We have a pantry located at 197 Harrel Street in
Morrisville, next door to Community Action and the Community College
of Vermont. Here families can come and receive basic food and
other grocery items to help stretch their food dollar. We supply our
pantry through donations of food and cash. We use our funds to
purchase food through the Vermont Foodbank and at various retail
outlets where we can get the best price. We purchase milk and eggs
from a local dairy. Fresh vegetables are supplied to us through
Salvation Farms,
a non-profit group that collects directly from the farmers
and distributes to groups such as ours. Our fund raising is
done mainly through newsletters, word of mouth, various
religious organizations throughout the area, and other
special events. We are now selling
Tote Bags with our logo. Our pantry is staffed by one paid employee (Deb Krempecke, our manager) and a host of
energetic volunteers. |
| Sweet Way to Share |
Ben and Jerry's offered Food Share
over 300 pints of ice cream. With storage an issue we had to think
about what to do. The answer-share the wealth! Deb contacted members
of the Lamoille Valley Hunger Coalition and shared the bounty with 6
other food shelves and 5 meal sites in Cambridge, Hardwick, Johnson,
Morrisville and Woodbury. |
Thanks to Nathan Lang and
the Ben and Jerry's Community Action Team and to all the
volunteers who drove ice cream around the area! |
