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Are you or your business interested in helping support H.O.P.E. and our Service's?

Interested in having a food drive, or toy drive for the holidays?

We would love to talk with you! Call us at 802-626-3228.

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Heartwarming Gifts of Warmth

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H.O.P.E. 's has once again collaborated with local organizations to bring back our community service project, Gifts of Warmth. This project took place February 9th, in Lyndonville, and with the help of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) at Vermont State University - Lyndon and H.O.P.E. Volunteers, winter hats, scarves and new Bombas socks were hung around downtown Lyndonville in an effort to get warm items to those in need. Items were packed into waterproof, sealed bags with a short informational note on a Valentine’s card; those cards were made with care by students from Lyndon Institute’s J-Term Community Service Class. This is the third year this project has been held, and it is our hope that these cold weather items will make their way to those most in need of them to stay safe and warm during the frigid Vermont winter months ahead. Though we do give out the majority of our services at our store location on 136 Church Street, there are always people who feel uncomfortable asking for help, so having a warm hat, dry pair of socks and a scarf available to them in town can mean a great deal to many this time of year. Our most heartfelt thanks go out to everyone who helped to make this project happen again this year.

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On October 17th, John Heartson - Singer/Songwriter & Producer's Production of Return to Love was shown at the Alexander Twilight Theater at the Lyndon State University Campus. Roughly 300 people were in attendance for that night's performance of music and storytelling from 14 musicians. This was a labor of love, and in the end, $2,000 in ticket donations was presented to each of the following local non-profits: H.O.P.E., Umbrella and the Vermont Foodbank. John stopped in to H.O.P.E. Thursday December 14th to present the check to Operations Manager Jaime Brown. We'd like to express our heartfelt appreciation for the time and thought that went into this project, and how one person's plan can bring together so many in support of our community.

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Thank you to Ellen and everyone from the Lyndonville United Methodist Church's woman's group who dropped off a donation to H.O.P.E. We greatly appreciate your support of our efforts!

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Students from The Riverside School stopped by with their teacher to drop off decorations that were made to accompany our Thanksgiving boxes. Russel Desjardins and Zora Kane (pictured) along with their fellow classmates took part in community service activities today that assisted several area organizations. We thank them for their hard work and dedication to contributing to their community.

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Thank you to HOPE sponsor Little Dippers for their recent donation of Thanksgiving meals for our emergency food pantry. Their daycare held a Thanksgiving meal for kids and their families last week and graciously donated the rest to H.O.P.E. Spreading holiday cheer and keeping our community fed is a mission that many of our HOPE sponsors embody throughout the year, and it is our privilege to have their support.

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Thank you to Kathy Stetson and everyone who helped out in the Caledonia County Fair Floral Hall this year. Proceeds from the 50/50 raffle were donated to H.O.P.E.'s Backpack Program and we are honored for all the community support to help continue this vital program.

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We were presented with a check from SaiWe were presented with a check from Saint J Subaru on April 25th for their recent Share the Love fundraising event. It is unbelievable to see this level of support from our community, and means the absolute world not just to our organization, but to all of us. We spend our time and efforts helping those in need and this donation will do so much good for many people within the Northeast Kingdom. Thank you!nt J Subaru on April 25th for their recent Share the Love fundraising event. It is unbelievable to see this level of support from our community, and means the absolute world not just to our organization, but to all of us. We spend our time and efforts helping those in need and this donation will do so much good for many people within the Northeast Kingdom. Thank you!

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Store Manager Michelle Burrington from Aubuchon Hardware (222 Hastings Hill, Saint Johnsbury, VT) stopped by today to present us with a donation check. All together for the month of May, the St. Johnsbury location rounded up over $1,700 for H.O.P.E., which was then matched!

Community support is the reason we are able to continue our mission: helping other people, everyday!

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Victoria Hastings donates part of cosmetic sales proceeds to H.O.P.E. School supplies will go to area teachers to give to students in need.

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Tote bags were donated by a large number of local businesses. Pictured is Marg Harvey and Lawrence Deth from UPS, one of the generous business who donated tote bags to be used for our Backpack Program.

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Brody and his dad Roy Heath dropping off Backpack Program donations, collected at Brody's birthday.

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Donations to the Backpack Program
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American Legion Post 58 from St. Johnsbury dropping off donations of peanut butter and jelly.

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Caledonia County Dairy Promotion donated milk and other dairy products!

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Help 'make a change', and celebrate your birthday with donations to the Backpack Program.

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The 8th grade class from Burke Town School, working on Fighting Hunger in our community with donations of food and making delicous salads and soups for our service counter.

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Allied Health at Lyndon Institute baked up some delicious baked goods for a H.O.P.E. Bake Sale

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Local businesses held a friendly food drive competition to be the first business to win the Golden Backpack!

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Burke Mountain Academy adopted families for Christmas.
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Students from Thaddeus Stevens School, donated boxes of toys for Christmas.

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The Twilight Players at Northern Vermont University-Lyndon held their annual Holiday Spectacular. All donation go to benifit the Backpack Program, Homeless and Crisis Services and for families living in shelters for Christmas time.

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Check out some of the amazing people in our community who held drives for us over the years.

Check out our Wish List for items that we are always in need of.

Recently, H.O.P.E. was honored with a sizable check from Lawson's Finest Liquids' Sunshine Fund, a charitable program that donates to 24 non-profit organizations in our area every year. Since it began back in 2018, the Sunshine Fund has distributed over $1,000,000 to Vermont nonprofits. Lawson’s Finest provides their staff with a living wage and generous benefit package, therefore 100% of guest donations to the Sunshine Fund will benefit local charitable endeavors. We feel incredibly honored to not only have received such a large donation, but to be recognized for the work we do to help other people everyday is amazing. Thank you to #lawsonsfinestliquids , and everyone who donated at their Taproom and Retail Store.

We were presented with a check from Saint J Subaru on April 25th for their recent Share the Love fundraising event. It is unbelievable to see this level of support from our community, and means the absolute world not just to our organization, but to all of us. We spend our time and efforts helping those in need and this donation will do so much good for many people within the Northeast Kingdom.

Thank you!

6/13/22

From Mike Labounty, Donald and Sophia Beer:

We’ve had a great time working with local businesses.

Through their generosity over $5500 will be

donated straight to the HOPE backpack program.

T-shirts are only sold at Nick’s Gas and go.

Thank you to Sophia who is using her passion

for racing to give back. Donald is one proud dad.

Special thanks to the following:

H.O.P.E Jodi Smith Wheeler

Nick’s Gas and Go Roni

KT customs Kevin

Wheeler Sports

Graphic Shop Kelly Steve

Darrell Matthews Excavating

Allard Metal Recycling Dan Shannon

Dad’s 4x Tool Kristen

Fred Allard Moving

Willey & Son Towing & Recovery Zachary

Palmer Landscaping Dustan

Mike’s Gas

Z’s Diner Dan

Bell’s Towing

2005

Year H.O.P.E. started

25,000 +

Total Backpacks of Food

Given to Food Insecure Children

2,417

Individuals Helped

During 2023 Alone

# of Local

Towns / Agencies

We Assist

H.O.P.E.

Thrift Store Hours

Tuesday - Friday

10 AM - 5 PM

Saturday

10 AM - 4 PM

Closed Sunday and Monday

136 Church St. Lyndonville VT 05851

(802) 626-3228

Hope.in.nek@gmail.com

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Check out some of the amazing people in our community who held drives for us over the years.