Brattleboro Food Distribution
Foodworks is a free food distribution program of groundworks collaborative.
Brattleboro food distribution. The state has shifted the farmers to families food box distributions to a registration system to streamline the process reduce wait times and improve the experience for people picking up food. Farmers to families food box distribution brattleboro vermont foodbank the vermont national guard will be distributing non perishable food boxes along with along with a farm to family kit consisting of produce chicken and dairy products provided by the abbey group. Brattleboro long lines of cars are normally a rare sight here. Anyone is welcome to come pickup food.
We think of ourselves as a redistribution service meant for the community at large for anyone who could use a little help putting food on the table. On any given day foodworks rescues around 400 pounds of perfectly good food from area grocery stores. On wednesday may 27 the state of vermont will be distributing a large amount of free food in the student parking lot at brattleboro union high school from 10a 2p. Everyone eats a program that leverages cares act funds to buy to go meals from local restaurants for anyone in brattleboro guilford vernon dummerston or putney who has been negatively impacted by the covid 19 crisis.
To register and see the dates and locations of food distribution. Registration will be required to pick up food. Everyone is welcome you will be asked only the community you are from this is for brattleboro and the region around us and how many people are in your household. But on wednesday they were longer than ever when the state distributed free food in a parking lot at brattleboro union high school as part of its response to food insecurity during the coronavirus pandemic.
Meal distribution for those in need. The vermont foodbank s brattleboro warehouse one of four foodbank warehouses serving vermont has increased pounds distributed by 37 over the last two years serving as a major catalyst for the foodbanks overall 23 statewide growth during the same time period. Organizers there distributed 1 000 farmers to family food kits 3 036 sets of boxed meals and 22 272 mres from the federal. Those who register are given a window of time to pick up farmers to families meals at designated sites around the state.
Over 12 000 meals have been distributed since august 3rd and on august 31st we have increased our impact by now distributing 850 meals per day increase from 650 meals per day in the 1st 4 weeks. You might know us as a food shelf food pantry or food bank. Last week roughly 8 400 people descended on the state airport in berlin.