World 042722

Capstone Community Action
Surpasses Fundraising Goal for
Fuel Your Neighbors
Capstone Community Action’s
Fuel Your Neighbors
campaign, in partnership with
VSECU, raised $301,649 to
support emergency food and
heating assistance to vulnerable
Vermonters.
It has been another challenging
winter with extended cold snaps combined
with dramatic increases in fuel and food costs.
This has required many Vermont households
to make difficult decisions on basic needs like
heat and food. This winter, Capstone Community
Action (Capstone) has again assisted
hundreds of families in Central Vermont with
fuel purchases, safety measures, and/or overdue
bills so that central Vermonters could start
receiving fuel deliveries again. At the same
time, Capstone’s food shelf in Barre has fed
over 1,200 individuals from 617 households.
This work is enhanced by a unique winter
fundraiser.
“We are incredibly proud to share that over
0,000 central ermonters have benefited
from our Fuel Your Neighbors campaign
since it began in 2016,” explained Sue Minter,
Capstone’s executive director. “These are
hard times for all of us, but especially for our
low-income neighbors. Capstone’s ability to
help local families fill the gap on basic needs,
especially during a pandemic, is fundamental
to our mission. Capstone is especially grateful
for the support of so many businesses and
individuals who got behind our campaign to
make sure our neighbors did not go to bed
hungry or cold this winter.”
Fuel Your Neighbors is a campaign, in
partnership with VSECU, that ran from November
30, Giving Tuesday, through the end
of March, to raise awareness and funds to
support vulnerable Vermonters with food and
heat this winter. This is the sixth year Capstone
and VSECU have teamed up on this
effort raising a total of $920,000 since 2016.
“Fuel Your Neighbors has proved again and
again that we can come together to take care of
each other,” said Rob Miller, CEO at VSECU.
“We’re proud to have been part of this campaign
and supported thousands of Vermonters
to get the assistance they need to keep their
homes warm and food on the table.”
There were numerous generous business
sponsors this year including: VSECU, The
University of Vermont Health Network - Central
Vermont Medical Center, NorthCountry
Federal Credit Union, Red Hen Baking Co.,
The Alchemist, Lawson’s Finest Liquids,
rbTechnologies, LLC, Front Porch Forum,
BlueCross BlueShield of Vermont, Mutual of
America Financial Group, Hickok & Boardman
Insurance Group, Union Mutual, Vermont
Gas Systems, Passumpsic Bank, Frankenburg
Agency, Inc., Main Street Landing,
aitsfield Champlain alley Telecom,
WDEV, and The Point Radio.
Capstone Community Action was founded
in 1965 and works to overcome poverty
by serving people in crisis and creating economic
opportunity for people and communities.
Capstone’s programs include emergency
food, heat assistance, housing counseling and
homelessness intervention, savings and credit
coaching, business counseling, workforce development,
home weatherization, transportation
access, and child and family development
programs in Early Head Start/Head Start. We
serve nearly 13,000 people through these programs
each year. www.capstonevt.org.
VSECU is a member-owned cooperative
and not for profit credit union for everybody
who lives or works in Vermont, offering a full
range of affordable financial products and services
to its member-owners. VSECU is committed
to improving the lives of Vermonters
by empowering the possibilities for greater
social, environmental, and financial prosperity.
For more information about VSECU, call
802/800 371-5162 or visit www.vsecu.com.
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