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Greetings!
Please enjoy the newest edition of the VNA E-News.
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Spring is in the Air | |
 Join us Wednesday, April 4, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center in Burlington for our Spring Blooms! Fashion Show and Luncheon. This annual fashion event raises money for the Janet S. Munt Family Room, VNA's parent-child center. The Family Room serves over 400 of Burlington's most vulnerable families each year.
To register, visit www.vnacares.org/fashion.
This year's models will wear fashions from SportStyle and Brooks Brothers Factory Store, with junior fashions from Stella Mae. Our models are: Bridget Barry Caswell, Judy Cohen, Libby Corran, Dr. Lewis First, Jim Fogler, Megan Frenzen, Church Hindes, Emma Hindes, Kristen Hindes, Lucy Hindes, Judy Lief, John Maitland, Mark Redmond, Eva Sollberger and Samantha Stevens.
Thank you to our 2012 sponsors: Northfield Savings Bank, Paul Frank + Collins, Bergeron Paradis & Fitzpatrick, Dinse Knapp & McAndrew, P.C., Pines Senior Living Community, Pomerleau Real Estate, Prentiss Smith & Company, Inc., Queen City Printers Inc., Shearer Volkswagen, New England Federal Credit Union, Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty, Gadue's Dry Cleaning, Wake Robin, Willis North America/Smith Bell & Thompson and Vermont Tent Company.
Tickets are $50 per person. Reserve a table of 8 for $350 or a table of 10 for $450. Please contact Maria McGrath for more info at (802) 860-4435 or mcgrath@vnacares.org. |
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Hospice Volunteer and Camp Knock Knock Recruitment | |
Are you interested in volunteering in our Hospice program or at our annual family bereavement camp, Camp Knock Knock ?
Spring Hospice Volunteer Training - Our next course begins March 13 and runs on Tuesdays for 10 weeks, from 2:30 to 4 pm at the VNA main office in Colchester. A required orientation session will be held on the 11th week following the training course for those wishing to volunteer at the VNA or Vermont Respite House. The $25 fee covers material and snacks. Contact Deb Brady or Erica Marks, Hospice Volunteer Coordinators, at 860-4411 to sign up or for more information.
Camp Knock Knock - Our annual family bereavement camp will be held June 1-3 at YMCA Camp Abnaki. We are currently recruiting for families and volunteers. For more information about volunteering, call the hotline at (802) 860-4499 ext. 6633. A mandatory volunteer training is scheduled for May 5.
If you are interested in attending Camp Knock Knock, or know of a family who could benefit from Camp, please contact Ally Parker at parker@vnacares.org. |
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DaPPPer Dads |
The VNA is teaming up with HowardCenter and Vermont Adult Learning to offer a comprehensive fatherhood initiative consisting of three programs targeted at helping dads find support and education in their efforts to be a better...
- Parent
- Partner
- Provider for their family.
Responsible Parenting, offered through the VNA, teaches characteristics that comprise an involved, responsible and committed dad: self-awareness, caring for self, and fathering, parenting and relationship skills.
Healthy Relationship/Marriage is offered through the HowardCenter and helps dads improve their relationship with their child's mother/partner. Sessions include such topics as communication skills, conflict resolution, empathy development and stress and anger management.
Comprehensive Employment Services, offered through Vermont Adult Learning, allows dads to design an individualized work readiness plan that may include options like education, training, pre-employment readiness classes, an internship, and earning a WorkKeys certificate.
For more information, please contact Grant Project Manager Victoria Priganc at priganc@vnacares.org or 860-4499 x5141.
Funding for this project is provided by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Grant#90FK0013. All of these services are available to all eligible persons, regardless of race, gender, age, disability or religion. |
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Sincerely,
Your VNA
Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties
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| Across the Fence |
Tune in to WCAX's Across the Fence program
Wednesday
February 29
at 12:15 pm
to see host Judy Simpson interview Ann Irwin, VNA Director of Development and Community Relations about what's new at the agency. |
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