Everyone Eats! resumes in Brattleboro
BRATTLEBORO - Operations have resumed for Everyone Eats!, a program that distributes free meals from Brattleboro restaurants to anyone in need who lives in Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford, Putney, or Vernon.
Approximately 850 meals per day are available Monday through Thursday between 4 and 6 p.m., or until supplies run out, to serve these communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pickup for individuals will be at the C.F. Church Building at 80 Flat St., and group/institution orders can be picked up at Mama Sezz on Route 9 in West Brattleboro. All meals are available Monday through Thursday,
The meals are free, but organizers are grateful for donations to help make more meals possible for others.
Everyone Eats! also supports the local economy by providing a source of income for restaurants that have been hurt by COVID-19 and provides Vermont farmers and food producers an opportunity to increase sales, since 10 percent of the ingredients are purchased from Vermont producers.
Each participating restaurant will contribute meals two or more days a week. You will receive one individually packaged cold ready-to-eat or heat-and-serve dinner for each person you request a meal for.
If there are questions, visit brattleboro.com/everyoneeats or contact Frances Huntley at [email protected].
Brooks Memorial Library seeks trustee
BRATTLEBORO - The Board of Library Trustees of Brooks Memorial Library seeks an enthusiastic and dedicated library user to fill a one-year position.
Candidates must be must be town residents and should have an interest in maintaining a strong and visionary library.
The nine-member board meets at the library at 4:45 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month. Members are asked to chair or serve on two or more committees that convene as needed.
For more information on the library, visit brookslibraryvt.org, and click on “About Brooks,” where library history, the most recent strategic plan and its summary, and Trustee agendas, minutes, and committee rosters are available.
Applicants should send a cover letter describing their interest and a resume no later than Friday, Feb. 12 at 5 p.m. to Trustee Position, Board of Trustees, Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main St., Brattleboro, VT 05301 or to [email protected].
Winston Prouty Center plans monthly blood drives
BRATTLEBORO - The need for blood remains acute, and the Red Cross says each pint of blood they collect can help save up to three lives and will touch the lives of so many more people.
The Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development and the American Red Cross will host monthly blood drives during 2021 at the Prouty campus on Austine Drive.
Dates for upcoming blood drive drives are Feb. 27, March 27, April 17, May 22, June 26, July 24, Aug. 28, Sept. 25, Oct. 23, Nov. 27, and Dec. 18. The Saturday blood drives will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
You can also participate by volunteering to help support these events (setup and cleanup, registration, parking, etc.). Contact Lisa Whitney at [email protected] for more information.
To donate blood before these dates at the Prouty Center, the Fire Department will host a blood drive on Wednesday, Feb. 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Central Fire Station, 103 Elliot St. Appointments are still available.
For more information on these and other blood drives in the area, visit redcrossblood.org/give.html/find-drive.
Women's Freedom Center hosts online dialogue series
BRATTLEBORO - The Women's Freedom Center will host “Inspiring Change 2021,” a month-long community dialogue. This free virtual event will take place over four Thursdays - Feb. 11, 18, and 25, and March 4 - from 7 to 8 p.m.
Organizers say the goal of the dialogue is to “reimagine and help shape what's possible in a new era. We'll outline what we do and invite questions, plus your own best thinking.”
They say that each conversation will build on those before, so they recommend attending all four. Topics will include “aiming for economic and legal justice, media literacy across the lifespan, and bystander empowerment to address all forms of oppression, in particular domestic and sexual violence.”
All are welcome to participate.
For more information, call 802-257-7364. To get the link, contact the Women's Freedom Center at [email protected], or email Brooks Memorial Library at [email protected].