BRATTLEBORO — Southeastern Vermont Community Action, the anti-poverty agency serving Windham and Windsor counties, will hold a public election during the week of April 3 to elect a Client Representative to its board from the Brattleboro area.
SEVCA needs representatives of low-income residents in its service area to ensure that there are Board members who can speak on their behalf about what people need to cope with financial hardship and become self-reliant. According to a news release, this is a unique opportunity for local residents to help effectively direct SEVCA's resources and services to achieve its mission to alleviate suffering and lift people out of poverty.
Ballots will contain a brief biography of the candidates. Voting will take place at the following locations on the dates and hours listed below:
• SEVCA Outreach Office, 15 Grove St., Brattleboro, April 4, 5, and 6, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; April 7 from 1-4:30 p.m.
• Windham-Windsor Housing Trust, 68 Birge St., Brattleboro, April 4, 5, 6, and 7, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• State Office Building, Economic Services, 232 Main St., 2nd Floor, Brattleboro, April 6, from 9 a.m. to noon.
Clients of SEVCA or any of the above organizations, and other low-income area residents, are invited and encouraged to vote in this election to help ensure representation of the low-income population in the Brattleboro area on the SEVCA Board.