Everyone Eats

Open to the general public:
Bethel Food Shelf, Bethel
Bradford Public Library,  Bradford
Help@FairleeVT, Fairlee (free food distribution on Fridays 10-11 am at 75 Town Common Road, Fairlee)
Newbury (VT) Bible Church
Randolph Area Food Shelf
The Haven Food Shelf, White River Junction
Thetford Food Shelf, Thetford
Trinity Evangelical Free Church Food Shelf, Windsor
West Fairlee Food Shelf, West Fairlee
White River Junction United Methodist Church’s Sharing & Caring Food Pantry, White River Junction
Windsor Veggie Van Go, Windsor
Woodstock Food Shelf, Woodstock

Closed to the general public:
Clara Martin, Randolph location
Hartford High School, Hartford
Hartland Elementary School, Hartland
Ottauquechee School, Quechee
Thetford Elementary School, Thetford
Thompson Senior Center, Woodstock
Tunbridge Central School, Tunbridge
The Wilder School, Wilder
White River School, Hartford
Westshire Elementary School, West Fairlee
Windsor Meals on Wheels, Windsor

If someone in your household attends one of the schools listed above and you’d like to receive free weekly UVEE meals for everyone in your household, contact your school to sign-up.

If you are within the range of one of the senior centers or meals on wheels programs listed above, and would like to receive delivery of Meals on Wheels meals (suggested donation), plus some additional free UVEE meals, contact that senior center or meals on wheels program to sign-up.

We encourage additional Vermont community food sites to contact us to join the project and share locally produced meals with their patrons. Contact us at uvee@vitalcommunities.org to learn more and get your site on the roster.

Eligibility: Free UVEE meals are for any Vermonter who is experiencing food insecurity, or whose food security has been impacted by the pandemic. There are multiple ways the pandemic may have impacted a household’s ability to obtain food. If the pandemic has impacted a Vermont household’s ability to obtain sufficient affordable, nutritious food in any way, that household is eligible for UVEE meals.

Sign-up: In most open to the public UVEE meal sites, there is no sign-up process, but check with your preferred meal site(s) to be sure. At most food shelves and community dinners, the process is simple: show up and take a meal. No paperwork, no sign-ups.

At most meal sites, meal recipients are welcome to take more than one meal, either for themselves or for others.

As of December 2021, we are not accepting new restaurants to Upper Valley Everyone Eats, but we may in the near future; email uvee@vitalcommunities.org to express interest in participating. That said, another program of Vermont Everyone Eats, the Localvore voucher program, is something we’re encouraging all Vermont restaurants to consider. In the voucher program, meal recipients purchase to-go meals directly from participating restaurants with Localvore App-based vouchers. Meals are reimbursed at $10/meal. To learn more, submit this form.

Upper Valley Everyone Eats is a project of Vermont Everyone Eats. Vermont Everyone Eats is made possible through a grant provided by the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development to Southeastern Vermont Community Action (SEVCA).

Upper Valley Everyone Eats is the local hub of the Vermont coronavirus relief program, Vermont Everyone Eats. Vermont Everyone Eats is made possible through a grant provided by the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development to Southeastern Vermont Community Action (SEVCA). The funding was allocated by the Vermont legislature. The program is designed to support Vermont restaurants, Vermont food producers, and Vermont food security.

If you are interested in advocating for or supporting a New Hampshire Everyone Eats, please contact us at uvee@vitalcommunities.org.

Thank you for asking! We are excited about it, too.  Meal sites may need volunteers to distribute food, and we welcome volunteer drivers to help deliver meals from restaurants to meal sites. We may raise additional funds to continue or expand the program. If you are interested in helping in any way, email us uvee@vitalcommunities.org and we will keep in touch!

There are many places and ways to get food assistance, whether you live in New Hampshire or Vermont.

Check Upper Valley Strong’s list of Upper Valley food access programs and sites.

Call 211. This hotline is staffed by knowledgeable people who will help you find the food resources that fit your circumstances. The number will work in both New Hampshire and Vermont.

Consider long standing federal food assistance resources like SNAP (known as 3SquaresVT in Vermont), WIC, and free and reduced school meals, which, due to the pandemic, are currently free for all children up to 18 years of age, whether they’re enrolled in school or not. Contact your school to learn more.

Current

Maple Street Catering
Global Village Foods
The Windsor Diner
The Newbury Village Store Cafe

Past

Piecemeal Pies
Lake Morey Resort
Moon and Stars
Simon Pearce

We hope you’ll join us in thanking them for being such terrific partners in this project.