Debbie and Dan Bernier-Sontag

Walk, raffle, run raise $4,000 in Amber Bernier’s memory

BRATTLEBORO-Once again, 2024 has been an excellent year for the Walk for Amber Scholarship. Between the walk and raffle on June 2 and our Vermont Welcome Center fundraiser on July 13, we raised just under $4,000.

We awarded four Amber Bernier Scholarships - congrats, Larissa, Georgia, Ava, and Abby! - bringing our total to 61 since giving out the first in 2004.

We are so grateful to our community for all the support and proud of our scholarship recipients who by their character and determination do great honor to our daughter's memory.

Finally, we would like to share our remarks prior to the Walk. We hope they give a sense of our journey as we grieve and honor our precious daughter and our gratitude to this special community:...

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Amber StorySlam support: Thank You

We thank this community for supporting the Amber Bernier scholarship at our fourth Walk for Amber StorySlam, cosponsored by Strolling of the Heifers, with thanks to Vicki Friedman. We had very entertaining stories with a wonderful audience. We look forward to seeing you next year at our fifth Amber...

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