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$10 million generated for local restaurants to help feed Vermonters in crisis Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott today announced Vermont Everyone Eats, an innovative COVID-19 response program, is marking one million restaurant meals served to Vermonters experiencing food insecurity. The program was launched in August 2020 to leverage Vermont’s independent restaurants and robust local food system to help feed families and Vermonters in need. Over 200 Vermont restaurants have contrib...

1 of 15 Several meals were handed out during the Everyone Eats program in Newfane, Vt., on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. Food is given out every Wednesday at the Newfane Congregational Church. The Everyone Eats program benefits members of the community in several ways. It helps financially support area restaurants and their employees, as well as area farmers and other food producers, and families get to eat nutritious meals. Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer Thomas Ely ...

Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott today signed H.138, An act relating to fiscal year 2021 budget adjustments. This annual budget adjustment includes technical mid-year adjustments to the current fiscal year (FY21) budget, but also includes important funding for ongoing Coronavirus response and relief needs as well as other priorities, including education and modernization of policing. “I appreciate the work of the Legislature to move the budget adjustment bill forward so quickly....

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   The Everyone Eats program benefits our communities in several ways. It financially supports area restaurants and their employees, as well as area farmers and other food producers, and we get to eat nutritious meals! In Newfane, the program gives out free meals every Wednesday from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in front of the Newfane Congregational Church, 11 Church St. Anyone who has been negatively impacted by COVID is eligible, and there are omnivore, gl...

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   Last week we learned about a program that has helped a great number of people throughout the state including many in Windham County. I love programs that achieve multiple “wins” and Everyone Eats is one of those. When the pandemic struck and a State of Emergency was declared in Vermont, many people and businesses were negatively affected, perhaps none more than our restaurants. As a result, other folks down the line felt the pinch, ...

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BRATTLEBORO — Superintendent Andy Skarzynski is impressed by all the support of schools he’s seen by way of donations and labor. “The local and state support has been incredible and something about which we should all be very proud,” Superintendent Andy Skarzynski said in an email to the Reformer. Skarzynski, who officially started as superintendent in July, provided a list of recent donations compiled by schools in the Wi...

Brandon Sun By: Kyle Darbyson Everyone Eats volunteers Jackie Nichol, Sean Taron, Jr. and Ashley Taron ladle cranberry sauce into turkey dinners on Christmas Day in Brandon. The Everyone Eats program is moving from Brandon University’s Harvest Hall to Prairie Oasis Seniors Centre throughout this month. (File) After operating out of Brandon University’s Harvest Hall since its inception, the Everyone Eats program will be using the Prairie Oasi...

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. Chittend...

1 of 12 Skylar Marshall, a volunteer with Everyone Eats, in Brattleboro, Vt., picks up order forms from a line of vehicles outside the Brattleboro Winter Farmers’ Market, on Flat Street, on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. The program, Everyone Eats, restarted on Monday after stopping for a few weeks because of funding running out from the CARES Act on Dec. 30, 2020. Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) allocated $1.6 million to Southeastern Vermont Com...

Consumers Energy, City of Jackson Announce Our Town to Support Local Restaurants, Provide Meals to Community News provided by Share this article Share this article JACKSON, Mich., Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers Energy and the City of Jackson today announced the start of the Our Town meal distribution program, a one-of-a-kind collaboration in Michigan to support local restaurants and provide free meals to community members. The new Our Town program will distribute thousands of meals...