By STEPHEN MILLS STAFF WRITER BARRE — A kindergarten student’s selfless sacrifice on her birthday is being hailed by staff at a homeless shelter in Barre. Maggie McGibney, 6, of Montpelier, was at a loss when asked what she wanted for her birthday Oct. 4. Maggie’s mother, Missy McGibney, said in the weeks leading up …
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Save the Date – Friday, September 7, 2018 – 2nd Annual Local Solutions to End Homelessness! We hope you will join us for our biggest fundraiser of the year: Local Solutions To End Homelessness – Friday, September 7th at the Vermont College of Fine Arts, Alumni Hall from 7:00-10:00pm. Live music, craft beer, hors d’oeuvres, and auction. More …
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WILLISTON, VT – For the seventh year in a row, Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel, Darn Tough Vermont and Smartwool have teamed up to donate over $13,000 worth of socks and support to local homeless shelters. The donations are the result of a joint effort between the three businesses to help provide warm, Merino wool socks …
The Times Argus | August 03, 2017 By STEPHEN MILLS STAFF WRITER BARRE — Homeless advocates are working to add services in central Vermont with the help of a $300,000 appropriation by the Legislature in the last session. The money will be used to expand services managed by the Good Samaritan Haven homeless shelter in …
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Good Sam is proud that one of our guests graduated from the Community Kitchen Academy this month. The Community Kitchen Academy (CKA), a partnership between the Vermont Foodbank and Capstone Community Action, helps under- and unemployed Vermonters for a career in the food service industry through an intensive culinary skills development, career readiness and job placement …
More than 1,200 Vermonters including more than 300 children were homeless on January 24, according to the latest annual report designed to measure homelessness. The annual Point-In-Time Count Report, released Tuesday, showed 1,225 homeless Vermonters, an increase of 11 percent over 2016. There were 306 homeless children, representing 25 percent of the total. More than …
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MONTPELIER — The latest point-in-time tally used to count the homeless people in Vermont shows an increase in that population, though officials hope the state is heading in the right direction. The count is a partial inventory of all the sheltered and unsheltered homeless nationwide on a select night in January, when demand is likely …
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Central Vermont’s only emergency housing shelter has seen some changes recently, improving its mission to provide much more than just a bed and a meal in the evenings. The 30-bed Good Samaritan Haven in Barre serves Lamoille, Orange and Washington counties and operates an additional 14-bed overflow shelter at the Hedding United Methodist Church in …
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 8, 2017 CONTACT: Erhard Mahnke, 802.233.2902, [email protected] Luke Dodge, 802.660.9484, [email protected] Affordable Housing Is Out of Reach for Low-Wage Vermonters The Average Vermont Renter Can’t Afford a Modest 2-Bedroom Apartment – See more at: https://www.vtaffordablehousing.org/news/2017/06/2017-out-of-reach-report-released-today/#sthash.CKApJ4x1.dpuf BURLINGTON, VT – In order to afford a modest, two-bedroom apartment at the Fair Market Rent …