Volunteer: Willow Mashkuri Town: Middlesex When did you start volunteering with CVRAN? January 2024 What is the most recent volunteer role that you have filled? Childcare and general help for a family from South America What made you want to volunteer for CVRAN? CVRAN was mentioned to me by one of my teachers asking if I would …

Dear CVRAN Community, Sad and happy news: this month, we will be losing our wonderful half-time Coordinator of Services for Spanish Speakers, plus Volunteer Coordinator, Liza Earle-Centers.  CVRAN’s loss will be Central Vermont Adult Education’s gain.  We know her many skills will be an asset for them, but how we will miss her! Please read …

Sue and John Morris of the Just Food Hub were featured in the Times Argus recently. You may have met Sue or John at a CVRAN meeting, where they often have a table of Equal Exchange products for sale. Read the great Times Argus article here. Equal Exchange specializes in fair trade products and the …

On June 14, several CVRAN members attended a symposium at the Vermont Law and Graduate School in South Royalton focused on asylum seeker resettlement and assistance. Organized by the Vermont Asylum Support Network (VASN), the Vermont Asylum Assistance Project (VAAP), and the Vermont Law and Graduate School (VLGS), this first-of-its-kind event in Vermont drew in …

Thanks to the CVRAN volunteers, Christ Episcopal Church in Montpelier, and the other community participants, for making another successful visit from the Mexican Consulate possible last month. Many Mexican farm workers in Vermont are often unable to make the trip to Boston for consular services. So, the Consulate goes mobile, and arrives with their computers …

  Can you imagine living in Vermont for years, but not being able to get a loan or scholarship to go to UVM or one of the state colleges? Can you feel the frustration of Governor Scott because there aren’t enough workers in Vermont and not enough people coming out of local colleges or training …