Holiday Food Distribution Collaboration with St. Brigid’s Kitchen

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Brigid's Kitchen

COVID-19 has encouraged collaboration between organizations to an extent not seen before. This year, St. Brigid’s Kitchen and Foodworks collaborated to create November and December Holiday food boxes—joining forces to distribute over 400 boxes of holiday food to anyone in need. For many years, St. Brigid’s Kitchen & Pantry and Foodworks of Groundworks Collaborative, have each distributed holiday food boxes in both November and December.

Groundworks Coat Drive

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Coat Drive box

UPDATE February 3, 2021: Thank you for all of the coats. The coat drive has been a great success and we have more than enough donations at this point for this season. Many thanks to Nancy Shepherd, who organized a COAT DRIVE for Groundworks Collaborative!

New Groundworks Facility Featured in Brattleboro Reformer

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New Construction - Reformer

The Brattleboro Reformer published a December 20, 2020 article about the new Groundworks facility nearing completion, including an interview with Josh Davis. We anticipate opening as early as April. The new building will be a permanent home for our community’s Seasonal Overflow Shelter (SOS) as well as all of the Drop-In Center’s daytime services and will consolidate Groundworks’ administrative offices.

Groundworks Responds To Covid-19

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It is amazing to see the amount of work being done and care being provided by our staff, clients, and volunteers. We have organized a Community Homeless Response Team, with Groundworks’ Director of Operations Rhianna Kendrick leading the charge.

Hike For The Homeless
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The Give 60 Challenge

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Give 60 Challenge - Hike 2021

Many thanks to all who participated in the GIVE 60 CHALLENGE! It’s not too late to support the GIVE 60 CHALLENGE—a choose-your-own-challenge fundraiser that expanded upon our 2020 Hike for the Homeless.

Empty Bowls 2020

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Empty Bowls 2021

Beautiful, locally hand-crafted “Empty Bowls” are available for $25 each (until they sell out) in Brattleboro business storefronts—including: Zephyr Designs, Everyone’s Books, and The Shoe Tree! Online sales have ended but you can still make a tax deductible donation. Read on for details.

Empty Bowls raises over $27,000 for Foodworks

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Empty Bowls 2021

Groundworks and our Foodworks food shelf are grateful to all of the potters who made beautiful hand-crafted “Empty Bowls” for this year’s virtual Empty Bowls dinner.  A number of businesses made this virtual twist possible by selling bowls in their storefronts—including: Zephyr Designs, Everyone’s Books, The Brattleboro Food Co-Op, The Putney General Store, Putney Food Co-Op, The Kitchen Sync, and The Shoe Tree!  Working together, this community raised over $27,000 to keep the shelves stocked at Foodworks (very nearly what we’ve raised with the annual dinner!)!  Many warm thanks to all who made sure COVID could not spoil this community effort to ensure the food security of our neighbors in need.

Windham & Windsor Housing Trust and Groundworks Collaborative Launch New Permanent Supportive Housing Community at the Former Dalem’s Chalet

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Dalem's Chalet

The Chalet, formerly known as Dalem’s Chalet on South Street in West Brattleboro, is now the site of significant activity. Windham & Windsor Housing Trust (WWHT) and Groundworks Collaborative have partnered to take a significant step towards ending homelessness in Brattleboro by providing permanent homes and supportive services to individuals who are currently sheltered in motels.

Black Lives Matter

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BlackLivesMatter-VT

As our country mourns the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless others before them, we, as Groundworks Collaborative, stand in solidarity with those working tirelessly to dismantle racism and systemic inequity.

Construction has begun!

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The new construction phase of Groundworks’ capital project began on May 6, 2020 after the Governor’s stay-at-home restrictions were relaxed to allow a few construction workers on site.  As the delayed construction start has shifted the project’s overall timeline, we are unsure when to expect to open the new building.  We will post updates here as new information becomes available. The final phase of this project will be the renovation of 60 South Main Street—our existing Drop-In Center—for which we continue to raise funds.