If you’re unfamiliar with our Feed a Family event, we typically hold this event twice a year with one drive in the winter and another for summer. The summer version of Feed a Family is arguably the most important of the year. Families have kids off from school and are looking to make ends meet, not just at the dinner table but with everyday essentials. The point of our Feed a Family drive is to fight hunger in our local communities by teaming up with gracious hosts, kind sponsors, and very helpful non-profits to tackle it all.

This first round of our Feed a Family event is taking place in Rutland, Vermont at the local Hannaford along South Main Street. Joining us down at Hannaford today to help collect non-perishables, cash donations, sanitary products, etc. were Oliver Subaru in Rutland and Rutland Appliances. They are the two main sponsors for this leg of our Feed a Family event. Curtis VanEps, the General Manager for Oliver Subaru told us that fundraising events like this Feed a Family are the exact events their dealership loves to get involved with. The reason? It “feeds” back into Oliver Subaru’s mission of serving the community and helping out in anyway they can.

Robert Maguire of Rutland Appliances shared those same sentiments and added that Rutland Appliances are very excited to be first-time sponsors of this event. Robert noted that he and some of his employees were very excited to be presented with the opportunity to giveback and did just that by making some donations of their own.

Lastly, all of the donated items and cash donations will go directly to BROC Community Action. They are an organization that helps the underserved communities of Rutland and Bennington Counties. BROC has food shelves to help fight hunger locally but Tom Donahue, the Executive Director of BROC says that they also offer other resources and services when you have fallen on unfortunate times.

Again, all proceeds donated today will be getting used as early as tomorrow. The need is great in southern Vermont and we’re hoping you’ll make a donation of your own. We will be in Rutland at the local Hannaford until 7PM tonight. Stop by, say hello, and make a donation!