HOPE - Helping Overcome Poverty's Effects

08/24/2026

HOPE just received a large supply of school backpacks from the United Way of Addison County for elementary through high school aged students. If your family needs a little help outfitting your kids for the start of the school year, please stop by HOPE at 282 Boardman St., Monday through Friday, 9-4 and choose a backpack filled with school supplies for your children.

08/21/2026

Marion’s Place, HOPE’s resale store, is temporarily not accepting book donations. We have a backlog of donations that need to be processed and put onto the shelves, and we simply are out of space to accommodate new book donations. For the next couple of weeks, we will be having a “buy one, get one” book sale and we’ll post on social media when we are able to accept book donations again. Thank you for your understanding and come shop our book collection!

08/12/2026

Sending out a HUGE thank you to Matt and Diane Chandler and to all the businesses, families, children, and community members who participated in the Long Point Beach Ball Fundraiser for HOPE. Matt and Diane have spearheaded this community event for six years and this year delivered an incredible donation of $3,985 to HOPE. Each dollar raised will help low-income people in Addison County who are struggling to meet their own basic needs for food, housing, critical medical needs and more. THANK YOU, for your support!!

Extra thanks to local sponsors who helped make this event possible:
Aubuchon Hardware of Vergennes
VT Cookie Love
Lulu Ice Cream Vergennes
Starry Night Café
Olsen’s Ice Cream
Castel’s Jerk Joint
Rokeby Museum
Dakin Farm
Shuen Lee Chinese of Vergennes
Little City Cycles of Vergennes

08/12/2026

08/12/2026

08/12/2026

HOPE's resale store has some amazing sales this week!!

08/07/2026

Please note that HOPE is no longer able to accept donated produce that is brought to us in kitchen or black garbage bags. We have learned that these bags are often treated with pesticides and chemical scents that compromise food safety. We welcome and appreciate donated produce and ask that you transport it to HOPE in paper bags, boxes, or containers that will not affect the contents. We are happy to return your containers to you. Thank you for your understanding and for your helpful contributions to HOPE’s Food Shelf.

07/29/2026

Our unhoused clients need assistance with some critical items. If you are able to contribute any of these items, it would be a very big help to them:

Electrolyte beverages (low/no sugar and preferably not Gatorade)
Gauze pads in 2” and 4” squares and medical tape
Large adhesive bandages with 2” and 4” gauze pads
Wound cleansing wipes and antibiotic ointment
Bug spray
Bottled water
Protein bars
Canned pop-top meals

Thank you for any help you can provide.

07/27/2026

HOPE’s food shelf has some shortages of key items. If you are in a position to help, here is where the needs are currently the greatest:

Canned meals with pop-tops, protein bars, electrolyte beverages (not GatorAid please) and bottled water for our homeless clientele
64 oz bottles of shelf stable juice
Juice boxes
Shelf stable fruit cups
Personal hygiene products
Condiments
Microwavable meals

Thank you for any help you can provide!

07/23/2026

HOPE will be closed on Friday, July 24, for a board and staff retreat. This includes offices, food shelf, and Marion's Place, resale store and warehouse.