Hunger

Hunger Free Vermont: Feeding Students to Promote Learning: School Meals 2013-14! 08/20/2013

Host Doug Davis, Director of the Burlington School Food Project and President of SNA-VT, speaks with Steve Davis, Director of Nutrition & Food Services for the Colchester School District, Steve Marinelli, Food Service Manager for the Milton Town School District and President-Elect on SNA-VT, and Senator Sally Fox on the importance of submitting school meal applications. Legislation was passed last session, making school lunches free for all low income studnets. More information available at Hunger Free Vermont .

Hunger Free Vermont: The Importance of Meals/Snacks at Child Care Centers 07/16/2013

Dorigen Keeney, Program Director at Hunger Free Vermont, is joined by Deputy Commissioner of Vermont Department of Children and Families, Reeva Murphy, and Sarah Adams-Kolitz, Director, Erinn Simon, Cook, both of the Burlington Children's Space, on the importance of food in child care centers. More information available at Hunger Free Vermont .

Hunger Free Vermont: Summer Meal Program 06/18/2013

Amanda Caron, Child Nutrition Advocate with Hunger Free Vermont, is joined by Nancy Lewis, Child Nutrition Consultant with the Vermont Agency for Education, and Steve Marinelli, Food Service Director for the Milton Town School District, to discuss the Summer Meal Program. More information available at Hunger Free Vermont or www.schoolmealsvt.com 802-865-0255.

Hunger Free Vermont: 3SquaresVT and Using EBT Cards at Farmers' Markets 05/21/2013

Angela Smith-Dieng, 3SquaresVT Advocacy Manager at Hunger Free Vermont, speaks with Erin Buckwalter, Direct Marketing & Community Food Security Coordinator at Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont on the 3SquaresVT program and Electronic Benefits Card (EBT) at Farmers' Markets. More information available at Hunger Free Vermont .

Hunger Free Vermont: After School Meal Programs 04/16/2013

Child Nutrition Advocate, Jenna Whitson, speaks with Doug Davis, Director of Burlington School Food Project, and Mary Alice McKenzie, Executive Director of the Boys and Girls Club of Burlington, on the importance and availability for after school meals for youth. More information available at Hunger Free Vermont .

Hunger Free Vermont: Universal School Meals: The Key to Better School Food 03/25/2013

Hunger Free Vermont Board Member Fran Stoddard speaks with Janet Poppendieck, author of 'Free for All: Fixing School Food in America', and the local movement, spearheaded by Hunger Free Vermont and UVM, towards free school meals and support of local farm economies. More information available at Hunger Free Vermont .

Hunger Free Vermont: Applying for 3SquaresVT - Nutrition Education 01/15/2013

Nutrition Education Manager, Laura Fillbach, and 3SquaresVT Advocate, Faye Conte, share information on nutrition education and applying for 3SquaresVT for senior citizens. More information available at Hunger Free Vermont .

Hunger Free Vermont: Earned Income Tax Credit's connection to 3SquaresVT and School meals 12/18/2012

Angela Smith-Dieng, 3SquaresVT Advocacy Manager and Grant Peterson, Senior Stakeholder Relationship
Tax Consultant for the IRS, talk about the Earned Income Tax Credit and its connection to 3SquaresVT and School meals. More information available at Hunger Free Vermont .

Hunger Free Vermont: 3SquaresVT 07/17/2012

Faye Conte, 3SquaresVT Advocate with Hunger Free Vermont, is joined by Philene Taormina, Director of Advocy with AARP VT, and Karen Costello, Eat Well, Age Well Volunteer. More information available at Hunger Free Vermont.

Hunger Free Vermont: Hunger Doesn't Take a Vacation: Feeding Kids in Vermont During Summer Break 06/19/2012

Amanda Caron, Child Nutrition Advocate for Hunger Free Vermont, speaks with Burlington and Winooski summer feeding program coordinators, Maggie Leugers and Ethan Hausman. More information available at Hunger Free Vermont .

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