CVOEO

Looking to build financial confidence, strengthen your housing search, or better understand your rights as a renter? CVOEO offers free workshops throughout July to help Vermonters build practical skills—whether you prefer learning live or at your own pace.

Live online workshops this July include:

• July 7, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM – Keys to Credit
Learn how credit affects your day-to-day life, build and repair your credit, and better understand your credit score. Financial Futures at CVOEO

• July 13, 2:30–4:30 PM – Champlain Valley Head Start Open House & Resource Fair (St. Albans)
Tour the St. Albans Early Learning Center, meet staff, learn about Head Start services, and find out how to enroll your family.

• July 14, 5:00–6:30 PM – Tenant Skills Thriving Communities: Building a Vibrant, Inclusive Vermont
Learn the fundamentals of tenant rights and responsibilities, including leases, security deposits, repairs, evictions, fair housing, and disability law.

• July 15, 12:00–1:00 PM – Sustaining the Rent
Explore budgeting strategies, affordable rent calculations, and resources to help support long-term housing stability.

• July 21, 12:00–1:00 PM – Finding Housing
Learn strategies for overcoming common housing barriers, conducting a successful housing search, and building positive tenant-landlord relationships.

• July 22, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM – Creating a Financial Future
Learn about investing for long-term goals, balancing short- and long-term savings, and planning for emergencies, vacations, and retirement.

Self-paced online courses available anytime include:

• Fair Housing Training for the General Public
• Sustaining the Rent
• Setting Money Goals
• Spend SMART
• Keys to Credit

📅 View the full July workshop calendar and register at cvoeo.org/Calendar.

Looking ahead up in August: Find additional opportunities including Sustaining the Rent on August 5, Finding Housing on August 11, and more free workshops to help you build financial stability, strengthen your housing search, and prepare for homeownership.

NorthWest Family Foods is once again participating in the Hannaford Supermarkets Fight Hunger Bag Program this July!

For every $2.50 reusable Fight Hunger Bag purchased throughout July 2026, $1 will be donated directly to NorthWest Family Foods at:

📍 277 Swanton Road
Highgate Shopping Center
St. Albans, VT

NorthWest Family Foods, a program of Feeding Champlain Valley, operates from a main site in St. Albans and a satellite location in Isle La Motte, serving residents throughout Franklin and Grand Isle Counties. The program provides access to nutritious food and other essential resources while working to strengthen food security across the region.

Earlier this year, community members helped raise $66 for NorthWest Family Foods through the Hannaford Fight Hunger Bag Program. Let's see what we can accomplish together this July.

A simple choice at checkout can help support local food access and neighbors in need.

To learn more about NorthWest Family Foods, make a donation, host a food drive, or access services, visit cvoeo.org/get-help/northwest-family-foods.

Last month, community members, volunteers, staff, and partners came together at the Old North End Community Center for CVOEO's 37th Annual Garden Day.

Thanks to the generosity of Intervale Community Farm and Essex Westford School District, we distributed thousands of free seedlings to more than 150 households across our community. Seedlings were also shared with raised bed gardens at CVOEO and COTS shelters, helping expand access to fresh, locally grown food.

This year's offerings included tomatoes, African eggplants, hot and sweet peppers, melons, cucumbers, broccoli, cabbage, herbs, and more—each one carrying the potential for meals, savings, and connection in the months ahead.

Garden Day is a reminder that food security is built through community. A single seedling may seem small, but when combined with knowledge, resources, and support, it can become part of a larger network of care that helps families stretch budgets, grow fresh food, and strengthen neighborhood connections.

Thank you to everyone who volunteered their time, shared their expertise, donated plants, and helped make this annual tradition possible. We are especially grateful for the strong partnerships that allow Garden Day to continue growing year after year.

Together, we're helping cultivate healthier communities—one garden at a time. 🌱