Share the Love with the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf

In honor of Subaru's annual Share the Love Event and in honor of our partnership with the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf (CEFS) this year, we'd like to share a little bit more of what CEFS is all about! They're not just a food shelf; they offer much more to help Vermonters who are in need in one way or another. If you haven't already, check out our Share the Love page for more info on the event, and catch up below on all of the other programs that CEFS has to offer!

Food Shelf
The main program at CEFS, where they provide a monthly five-day supply of groceries to families in need, and also offer fresh produce and bread five days per week.

Soup Kitchen
Open to the entire community, the soup kitchen serves a hot meal every day, Monday through Friday from 6:30-9:30 a.m., Sunday morning from 10 a.m.-12 p.m., and Sunday evening from 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Community Kitchen Academy
This is a Vermont Foodbank culinary job training program that's operated at CEFS. There are 14-week sessions containing 10-12 students that are aimed at helping to prepare them with the culinary skills necessary to secure jobs in the food industry. 

Homebound Grocery Delivery
This program is to address hunger relief for populations with mobility issues, whether that be senior citizens or those with disabilities. Staff and volunteers deliver a five-day supply of grocieries each month, and are currently serving 150 households through the program.

Brown Bag Lunch
This is an annual summertime program that's aimed at children coming from low-income families. The children receive free lunches and other various school-based food assistance throughout the school year. CEFS uses fresh fruits and vegetables to insure that children are given a balanced lunch, which is particularly needed during school breaks when families cannot depend on school food assistance.

Project Angel Food
This program rescues food from local grocery stores and delivers it to a variety of local programs.

Anne's Clothing Corner
Located at CEFS, Anne's Clothing Corner is a volunteer-run clothing corner that's filled with clothes that are collected from the community by a volunteer and given to their guests for free.

To read more about the programs that CEFS has to offer, head to their programs page here!


All information including specific wording of some programs via the CEFS website