Highlights Food Shelf job training program
Burlington, Vermont – Gov. Peter Shumlin toured the Community Kitchen Academy job training program at the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf today and urged Vermonters to remember their less fortunate neighbors who are struggling to feed their families, with donations of money, gift cards, food and volunteered time.
“Thanksgiving is the time to raise awareness about the Vermonters struggling to feed their families nutritious meals during this holiday season and throughout the year,” Gov. Shumlin said. He noted that the Chittenden food shelf alone plans on helping 2,700 families on Thanksgiving – and a total of 12,000 over the course of a year. There are food shelves in communities across the state, in partnership with the Vermont Foodbank in Barre, working throughout the year to keep about 86,000 Vermonters fed.
