We would like to thank everyone who participated in this year's Project Feed the Thousands campaign.
With your help, we were able to meet our goal of 25 tractor trailer trucks of food (equivalent to 62,500 bags of groceries). Although we fell short of our monetary goal, each and every one of you who contributed (from loose change to a can of tuna fish to generous checks) helped over 12,000 area residents in need.
Through your contributions, Project Feed the Thousands will be able to supply non-perishable food items for year-round distribution to households in dozens of towns served by the Brattleboro Area Drop-In Center, Chester/Andover Family Center, Deerfield Valley Food Pantry, Our Place Drop-In Center in Bellows Falls, the Townshend Food Shelf, and Hinsdale's Welfare Department Food Shelf.
We would like to especially recognize the efforts of founding sponsor WTSA-FM, as well as corporate sponsors C&S Wholesale Grocers, Entergy Vermont Yankee, the Vermont Foodbank, Leader Beverage, Peoples United Bank, Mount Snow, River Valley Credit Union, Brattleboro Sunrise Rotary, Hannaford's, and Auto Mall, who all made significant financial contributions to help us feed people in need.