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Vermont Food Bank asks committee for $5 million to expand emergency readiness after Montpelier pantry flood
Summary
The Vermont Food Bank told the Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee it needs $5 million in FY26 — including $1.75 million in base funding for a “responsive readiness” reserve — to help food shelves and meal sites recover from floods and other disasters and to purchase and distribute food statewide.
The Vermont Food Bank asked the Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee at a recent meeting to approve $5,000,000 in FY26 funding to strengthen the state’s emergency food response and buy food for distribution across Vermont.
Eva Shechtman, a low-income self-employed Montpelier resident and a board member of Just Basics Inc., the organization that runs the Montpelier Food Pantry, described how the pantry’s basement location at Trinity Methodist Church was flooded in July 2023 and how volunteers and partners had to create temporary distribution points. “I’m here to support Vermont Food Bank’s 5,000,000 dollar request in the fiscal year 26 budget and specifically 1,750,000.00 in base funding for responsive readiness to ensure the Vermont Food Bank and partners are…
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