Vermont utilizes food shelves to provide children with free meals during summer break

Vermont utilizes food shelves to provide children with free meals during summer break

Seven-year-old Vivian Denney takes food from Culinary Manager Justin Pfanzer at Feeding Champlain Valley in Burlington on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger For Vermont children from food-insecure families who rely on school lunches as their most dependable meal, advocacy groups are filling the summer gap with free meal programs. At a food site in Burlington at the Community Resource Center, an average of five to 10 kids a w…