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ScholarshipVermont higher university learners searching for a scholarship to assistance pay back for faculty can utilize to League of Women of all ages Voters of Vermont Education and learning Fund, Winona Smith Scholarship system, bit.ly/LWVScholarshipDetails on line. Apps are because of on May 1. For far more information, e mail [email protected].
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Stroll/Bike Summit
MIDDLEBURY — The Vermont Walk/Bike will be held May well 6 at the City Corridor Theater in Middlebury, with activities all over the community. This biennial occasion promotes protected, healthier, livable communities for men and women walking, biking and employing public transportation. It is open up to community customers, businesses, planners and scientists statewide who treatment about this topic. Building additional options to wander and bike not only generates more livable communities, but also keepsVermonters healthy. Pay a visit to VTWalkBikeSummit.com for more information or to sign up.
Phone for suppliers
WEST RUTLAND — The Town of West Rutland has scheduled its yearly Townwide Lawn Sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Might 14. West Rutland citizens can sign up their sale with the town by May perhaps 9, to be included on the townwide map. Seller space is also available for rental on the City Corridor garden: a 10 foot by 10 foot house is $20 (provide your very own tables). For more info, simply call (802) 438-2263.
Poultney Cemetery
POULTNEY — Monument restoration perform started in 2021 will begin once again quickly, climate permitting. Volunteers will concentration on the aged cemetery area which abuts to Beaman Avenue at the property’s entrance location. If you are eager to volunteer, connect with (802) 779-5534. Monetary tax-deductible gifts made use of for cleansing and other supplies necessary for this operate, are also appreciated. Checks manufactured payable to Poultney Cemetery Affiliation might be mailed to Poultney Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 63, Poultney, VT 05764-0063, with “Monuments” pointed out in the memo line. To buy Poultney Cemetery plots, also simply call (802)-779-5534.
Thank you letter
In celebration of April as National Volunteer Month, Southwestern Vermont Council on Growing older (SVCOA) would like to consider this prospect to publicly thank the dozens of compassionate, hardworking and committed volunteers who help the company and its clientele each and every yr.
SVCOA’s volunteer group, which includes associates of all ages from throughout the two Bennington and Rutland counties, is critical to guaranteeing important providers are delivered, working day in and working day out, to countless numbers of more mature Vermonters across our assistance area.
From supporting older Vermonters via primary social interaction and companionship, to encouraging with SVCOA’s Meals on Wheels and grocery browsing packages, dwelling maintenance or modification projects, transportation help and dollars management service, amid other supports, as well as serving on our Board of Administrators and Advisory Council, SVCOA’s volunteer workforce certainly does it all and we are so grateful for their contributions to the company and the communities it serves.
Furthermore, SVCOA’s volunteer crew has stepped to the plate and sent during the entirety of the COVID-19 pandemic, delivering important help and assistance, equally internally and externally, during a single of the most difficult occasions in the organization’s historical past.
We lengthen our sincerest thanks and appreciation to all of the generous volunteers who assist make SVCOA’s get the job done possible, and hope the group will sign up for us in celebrating their efforts.
And lastly, as desire on the agency’s expert services continues to improve, SVCOA is usually hunting for new volunteers. If you or anyone you know could be interested in encouraging out and positively impacting the lives of older Vermonters in our space, give us a contact at (802) 786-5990 — we’d appreciate to chat with you!
— Pam Zagorski, of Bennington, is Southwestern Vermont Council on Growing older government director.
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VA Auto Show
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — In conjunction with Psychological Health Recognition Month (May possibly), White River Junction Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare Program and the New England Ram Club are elevating recognition of the psychological wellbeing means offered for veterans and civilians by web hosting an vehicle show. “A Beacon of Hope Car Show” will be held from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. May possibly 14 in the entrance parking whole lot of the VA Clinical Center, 163 Veterans Travel in White River Junction.
Mental wellness and suicide avoidance means will be readily available from the VA Medical Center and group businesses. A blessing of the bikes and cars will be presented at 11 a.m. by VA Chaplain Lorna Graham. It is open to all tends to make, products and bikes. Visit tinyurl.com/yc63cbuk to sign-up a automobile and/or bike.
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