January/February Newsletter

February 25, 2026 Ali Zenie 0 Comments

CVRAN Welcomes 2026 This newsletter serves as a roundup of our non-urgent news, community events, neighborhood stories, and more. If you have content you’d like to be featured in our newsletter please feel free to send it to Ali! Please subscribe in the box to the right, or click here! We are no longer manually …

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March Arts Marathon Sponsors Needed!

February 17, 2026 CVRAN 0 Comments

What’s a reliable sign of spring in central Vermont? Why, the March Arts Marathon!  March can be muddy or snowy, warm or cold, but the March Arts Marathon (MAM) guarantees that it will be full of creative works of all kinds. Jenn and Adam, MAM organizers, have been recruiting creators from around the area for …

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Montpelier’s Food Access Partnership Is Going Strong

February 11, 2026 CVRAN 0 Comments

Things were already stressful in October 2025, and then federal SNAP food support was ended for some immigrants and refugees in our community. CVRAN was able to set up an interim reimbursement program to replace some of the food dollars lost almost immediately, but it was a temporary measure to assist families until they could …

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CVRAN Statement & Call To Action On Behalf of Pastor Steven Tendo

February 7, 2026 Ali Zenie 0 Comments

Steven Tendo Taken Into Custody Steven Tendo, a Ugandan asylum seeker whom CVRAN sponsored for several months in 2021 and 2022 while he lived with the Hankin family in East Montpelier, was taken into custody by ICE on Tuesday February 4 outside his workplace in Shelburne and removed to a detention center in New Hampshire, …

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Watch The Online Webinar ‘Beyond Minnesota – Supporting Refugees and Immigrants In Vermont’

February 3, 2026 CVRAN 0 Comments

On January 29th, there was an online briefing and information session for anyone interested in refugee and immigration assistance in Vermont. The recording is now available online (click here to access). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Info Session Referenced Resources Vermont Immigration Legal Support Services Vermont Asylum Assistance Project (VAAP) – Request Immigration Legal Support Sign up to volunteer …

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