Food Shelf News

The One Million Dollar Challenge to Help Fight Hunger runs from March 1 to April 30. For the 12th straight year, the Feinstein Foundation will match a portion of all donations made to the Charlotte Food Shelf. If you have been thinking about making a donation, you are invited to do so during March and April so our local food shelf can take full advantageof this challenge grant!

Financial donations can be mailed to:
Charlotte Food Shelf
3319 Mt. Philo Road
Charlotte, VT 05445
Attention: FS Director Karen Doris
or to:
Charlotte Congregational Church
P.O. Box 12
Charlotte, VT 05445
Attention: Food Shelf.

Food Drive Boxes will be located at the Charlotte Central School, the Congregational Church and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church. Each food item donated will be valued at $1 during the Feinstein Challenge. We are looking for a volunteer to manage the food drive at CCS.  
If you need emergency food, please come to the Charlotte Food Shelf. It is located in the back on the lower level of the Charlotte Congregational Church vestry. For more information call Karen at 425-3252 or Lynn at 425-3101. The Food Shelf will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. on the following Thursdays: March 12, March 26, April 9 and April 30.
As always, there are many folks to thank for contributing to our community Food Shelf. Many thanks to Linda Gellis for volunteering to manage the food drive box at Charlotte Central School. Thanks to Amanda Gellis for organizing food drives in Charlotte and in nearby towns – during February, she delivered many boxes of food to the Charlotte Food Shelf. Thanks to Mary Jane Spooner, Lisa Beal and the Lazer Family for their generous food donations. Thanks to WoW Toys in Vergennes for donating birthday toys for children. Thanks to Lynn Cluff for making a donation to honor the birthday of Katherine Dudley. Thanks to the Shelburne Supermarket (and you java lovers) for the continued financial support. Thanks to L. Ingelhart and John Davies for the generous financial gift.