VHFA has kicked off our annual tradition of collecting mittens and gloves for the King Street Center in Burlington.
Every year Agency employees stuff mittens and gloves — and the occasional scarf — with candies and treats before presenting them to the King Street Center during the holiday season.
If you'd like to add to the pile, please drop off your donation at VHFA no later than Dec. 10.
Burlington's Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS) is looking for donations of winter coats to help its clientele of homeless Vermonters prepare for the cold weather.
VHFA's Socially Responsible Committee has started a campaign to encourage employees to purge their closets of unneeded coats and jackets to donate to the cause.
If you have new or gently-worn winter coats you'd like to donate, contact COTS Director of Development Kim Borsavage at [email protected] or 802.864.7402 x107.
VHFA received the President's Award from the United Way of Chittenden County.
Executive Director Sarah Carpenter accepted the award on behalf of the Agency at Wednesday night's United Way of Chittenden County Annual Meeting at the Sheraton Burlington Hotel and Conference Center in South Burlington.
VHFA has won the award a number of times over the years. In 2005, we won the "Campaign of the Year," the United Way's top award.
The President's Award recognizes more than 80 percent employee participation in United Way fundraising, with employee giving of more than $75 per capita.
Tickets for HomeShare Vermont's annual fundraiser, "A Taste of Home," are on sale now.
The event, scheduled for Friday, May 29, 5-8 p.m., is an evening of local food and entertainment all to benefit HomeShare Vermont of South Burlington.
Food will be donated by Leunig's Bistro, A Single Pebble, Three Tomatoes Trattoria, Bevo and Wildtree Products.
There'll be live music by Brett Hughes and Marie Claire, cash bar, silent auction and a drawing from all ticket holders to win tickets to see the Red Sox take on the Blue Jays in Boston on Aug. 30.
This morning, VHFA staff members took part in the Agency's long tradition of "mitten stuffing" to benefit our neighbors at the King Street Youth Center.
Staff donate mittens, gloves, scarves and hats, and fill them with candy before giving them to the kids who attend the center.
This year we saw the highest level of donations in several years, and perhaps ever: 239 pairs of mittens, gloves, hats and scarves.
VHFA is participating in the Lund Family Center's "Adopt-a-Family" program this holiday season.
The program matches organizations, families or individuals with needy families in the Burlington area that don't have the resources to celebrate the season the way others might.
An initiative of VHFA's Community Awareness Program, the Agency was matched up with a young couple and their 6-month-old son. So far, staff members have donated nearly all of the 36 items on the family's wish list.
The Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS) is holding its annual phonathon through Dec. 10 to raise money to fight homelessness in Vermont.
If you'd like to volunteer to help, they have a number of different opportunities available.
Learn more at the COTS Web site. Or contact Deb Bouton at (802) 864-7402 x104, or [email protected].
In a couple weeks, VHFA staff will take part in the Agency's long tradition of "mitten stuffing," to benefit our neighbors at the King Street Youth Center.
Staff donate mittens, gloves, scarves and hats, and fill them with candy before giving them to the kids who attend the center.
If you'd like to donate some items, feel free to bring them by during business hours before Dec. 12, and we'll add them to the pile.
And if you have any idea how we're supposed to "stuff" a scarf with candy, please let us know.
VHFA just finished its latest food drive to benefit the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf.
Staff and the VHFA Board of Commissioners contributed 250 pounds of food, as well as $25 in cash donations.
This doesn't include donations collected from attendees of last week's Statewide Housing Conference (pictured), which likely rivaled or exceeded the amount collected at VHFA's offices.
The IRS calculates a pound of food to be worth $1.49, which means we all likely raised close to $800 for the food shelf.
Months of planning are coming to an end, and we're just a day away from the 2008 Vermont Statewide Housing Conference.
Registration will begin at 8 a.m. tomorrow at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center in South Burlington. Our first session starts at 9 a.m.
We've placed directions to the Sheraton and floormaps of the venue on our Web site.