BRATTLEBORO — Groundworks Collaborative thanks all of the local businesses, sponsors, and volunteers that made this year's Camp for a Common Cause a success.
Roughly 30 people spent the night of May 19 camping on the Brattleboro Town Common to raise funds and awareness for our work with our neighbors experiencing homelessness.
Together, we raised just over $17,000 for Groundworks' shelter and housing support programs.
This event is a great way for our community to come together around the issue and to call attention to it with a visual representation of what is often an invisible problem in Brattleboro.
On behalf of the entire Groundworks staff and board of directors, I offer a special thanks to Larry, Lawrence, and Shawn for telling their stories of struggling with homelessness.
We sincerely thank our generous sponsors of this year's camp and to all those who provided generous in-kind support for the barbecue.
We hope that this event served as a reminder that homelessness is a real issue for our community. We greatly appreciate the support of everyone involved, as we truly need the community's support as we work to relocate the Seasonal Overflow Shelter and continue to provide impactful services for our neighbors experiencing homelessness.