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Willing Hands Awarded $20,470 Farm to School Grant to Expand Access to Local Food in Early Childhood Education Programs

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NORWICH, VT — Willing Hands has been awarded a $20,470 grant through the Vermont Farm to School Grant Program to increase access to fresh, locally grown food for children attending 12 early childhood education (ECE) programs in Orange and Windsor counties. The funding will enable Willing Hands to purchase Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) shares from […]

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A smiling woman in a winter coat carries a box of orange peppers away from the back of the Willing Hands delivery truck

“People come for more than just food” – Finding connection at the Thetford Food Shelf

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Bob started volunteering with the Thetford Food Shelf in 2018. “It’s something I can do to help my community,” he says. “It doesn’t take any special skills, really, just the commitment to showing up.” The town hall-based service began in 1984 as the emergency food shelf. In 2004, it had outgrown the two shelves upstairs

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