How to help with flood relief through volunteering, donations
After a series of devastating floods, much of Vermont still needs assistance. There is plenty of work to do. Here are some ways Vermonters can help by volunteering or by donating money.
Donate
The Vermont Community Foundation has organized the VT Flood Response & Recovery Fund 2023 to coordinate a philanthropic response. https://vermontcf.org/our-impact/programs-and-funds/vt-flood-response/
The American Red Cross of Northern New England is accepting donations. They manage the emergency shelters and provide other forms of immediate relief. https://www.redcross.org/local/me-nh-vt.html
United of Northwest Vermont's United Flood Relief Fund is another organization accepting donations to provide various forms of relief and support to the community. https://www.classy.org/campaign/united-flood-disaster-relief-fund/c501148
Vermont Farm Fund (https://www.vtfarmfund.org) and The Farmer Emergency Fund (https://www.nofavt.org/donate-now) award loans and grants directly to farmers to start rebuilding projects. Donations can help support the loans.
The Vermont Main Street Flood Recovery Fund (https://www.vtrecovery2023.com) awards grants to small businesses affected by the disaster.
Montpelier Strong Recovery Fund is a collaboration between the Montpelier Foundation and Montpelier Alive to raise funds for downtown businesses. If you wish to donate to the Montpelier Strong Recovery Fund, visit https://montpelieralive.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/montpelieralive/donation.jsp?campaign=14&.
Burlington's Intervale farm center is currently looking for donations after the flood wiped out much of its crops: Donations to the Intervale can be made here: https://www.intervale.org/donate.
More: 'Complete destruction': flood wipes out crops in Burlington's Intervale farm center
Volunteer
The state of Vermont has organized a volunteer page where they assess your skills and what causes need the most attention. The volunteer efforts are a collaboration between state and nonprofit partners. You can sign up at vermont.gov/volunteer.
Montpelier Alive is looking for volunteers to help clean up downtown Montpelier in the coming weeks. For more information and to sign up for specific tasks, visit: https://montpelieralive.com/flood2023.
Contact Free Press staff writer Isabella Infante at iinfante@gannett.com
This article originally appeared on Burlington Free Press: Vermont flooding: How to help with relief efforts
