• Latest

Green Mountain United Way & Tatum’s Totes Celebrate 3 years Supporting Foster Families

March 12, 2019
Enough Ministries Youth Volunteer

Enough Ministries Youth Volunteer

July 5, 2022

Kinney Drugs Opens COVID-19 Vaccination Appointments for Ages 3-4

July 5, 2022
Fish with a Warden Sessions Offered

Fish with a Warden Sessions Offered

July 5, 2022
Montpelier Aims to Bring Clothespins Back to Their Historic Home

Montpelier Aims to Bring Clothespins Back to Their Historic Home

July 5, 2022
African Queen (1951)

Psycho (1960)

July 5, 2022
East Montpelier Student Lands Opportunity at Tech Company

East Montpelier Student Lands Opportunity at Tech Company

June 28, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court Reversal of Roe vs. Wade is a Devastating Blow to Reproductive Rights

June 28, 2022
Just Some Thoughts

I Hate Painting!

June 28, 2022
African Queen (1951)

The Conversation (1974)

June 28, 2022

Central Vermont Council on Aging (CVCOA) Offers Special Memorable Times Online and Ageless Grace/Memory Café Reunion in July 

June 28, 2022

Upper Valley Everyone Eats Returns to Gifford in June

June 21, 2022

Vermont’s COVID-19 State-Run Testing Sites to Close June 25

June 21, 2022
  • Home
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy
  • Sitemap
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
The World Online
Advertisement
  • Home
  • News & Features
    • Local News
    • Letters & opinions
    • George Shuman
    • Max’s View
    • Local Sports & Outdoors
    • Births
    • Weddings & Engagements
  • Calendar
    • Art Exhibits
    • Calendar of Events
    • Ongoing Events
  • Obituaries
  • Submit
    • Submit Calendar Listing for Non-Profit Events
    • Submit An Article To The World
    • Submit Letter To The Editor
    • Submit Sports News/Photo
    • Submit Birth Announcement
    • Submit Engagement Announcement
    • Submit Wedding Announcement
  • Advertising
    • World Rates and Ad Sizes
    • World Distribution Map
    • World Deadlines
    • Audit and Reader Surveys
    • Advertising Inquiry
  • Classifieds
    • Place Classified Ads
    • View Current Classifieds
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News & Features
    • Local News
    • Letters & opinions
    • George Shuman
    • Max’s View
    • Local Sports & Outdoors
    • Births
    • Weddings & Engagements
  • Calendar
    • Art Exhibits
    • Calendar of Events
    • Ongoing Events
  • Obituaries
  • Submit
    • Submit Calendar Listing for Non-Profit Events
    • Submit An Article To The World
    • Submit Letter To The Editor
    • Submit Sports News/Photo
    • Submit Birth Announcement
    • Submit Engagement Announcement
    • Submit Wedding Announcement
  • Advertising
    • World Rates and Ad Sizes
    • World Distribution Map
    • World Deadlines
    • Audit and Reader Surveys
    • Advertising Inquiry
  • Classifieds
    • Place Classified Ads
    • View Current Classifieds
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
The World Online
No Result
View All Result

Green Mountain United Way & Tatum’s Totes Celebrate 3 years Supporting Foster Families

vt-world by vt-world
March 12, 2019
in Local News
0

Green Mountain United Way and Tatum’s Totes’ are celebrating their third year as partners serving the foster children of Central Vermont and the Northeast Kingdom. Through this partnership, organizations and individuals throughout the community have supported Vermont children entering into foster care by providing essential  items that go into Tatum’s Totes backpacks, and gifts to support foster  families at the holidays.

This past December, employees at organizations throughout Central and Northern Vermont opened their hearts to foster children by contributing holiday gifts to over 260 children and families in Caledonia, Essex, Orange, Orleans, and Washington Counties. The outpouring of support peaked during the holiday season through the Green Mountain United Way’s Holiday Gift Program. Generous businesses, organizations, and individuals took this opportunity to hold events, coordinate gifts, and wrap items donated by their members or employees. Each child received a stuffed bear, a book, and an age-appropriate gift. Thanks to an idea by a clever VSECU employee, a new twist to support foster families was added this year. Donors sponsored foster families with gifts to help bring the family together. For example, one gift was a family movie-night package with DVDs, popcorn, hot cocoa, and mugs, or a “Get Outside” gift box with socks and snowball makers for the whole family to enjoy together.

“Northfield Savings Bank employees have huge hearts and love to help with this program,” said Erika Facey, Commercial Credit Administrator at Northfield Savings Bank and lead organizer of the bank’s drive for Tatum’s Totes. “It’s very touching to know our little communities have so many children in foster care. We don’t need to know the beginning of a child’s story as long as we can touch their heart in some way.”

Tatum’s Totes, now celebrating its third year in Central and Northeastern Vermont, began as an independent nonprofit organization started in Rutland by parents Liz and Alex Grimes in honor of their son Tatum who died at the age of 5 months old of SIDS. After Tatum’s death, they became foster parents and found that many children entered the foster care system with little more than a plastic bag and the clothes they were wearing. They started Tatum’s Totes to ensure that each child entering emergency foster care had a backpack of their own filled with comforting items that could stay with them throughout their transition. Tatum’s Totes now serves every county in Vermont through local partnerships like that of Tatum’s Totes and Green Mountain United Way.

In addition to this on-the-ground support, Tatum’s Totes has been the recipient of thousands of dollars in contributions for items like backpacks, blankets, hygiene supplies, and water bottles from community members throughout the year.

Previous Post

The Diamond Story

Next Post

54 Towns Resolve To Act On Climate

Next Post

54 Towns Resolve To Act On Climate

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This Week’s Ads

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy
  • Sitemap
The World
403 US Route 302
Barre, VT 05641
Phone: (802) 479-2582

Copyright © 2019 The World Online. All Rights Reserved. Powered by CoolerAds.

No Result
View All Result
  • Art Exhibits
  • Audit and Reader Surveys
  • Births
  • Calendar
  • Contact Us
  • Daily Horoscope
  • Food & Recipe
  • Home
  • Obituaries
  • Ongoing Events
  • Pay Your Bill Here
  • Senior Living Edition
  • Showtimes
  • Submit Birth Announcement
  • Submit Calendar Listing for Non-Profit Events
  • Submit Engagement Announcement
  • Submit Listing to our Local Directory
  • Submit Sports News/Photo
  • Submit Wedding Announcement
  • Summer Guide
  • Testimonials
  • The World Coupons
  • Weather Forecast
  • World Deadlines
  • World Distribution Map
  • World Rate Card
  • World Rates and Ad Sizes
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy
  • Sitemap
  • About Us
  • Vermont Lottery
  • Advertising Information
  • The World Staff
  • Advertising Inquiry
  • Submit Letter To The Editor
  • Local Directory
  • Poll Results
  • Local Deals
  • Classifieds
  • Submit An Article To The World
  • Events
  • The World – This Week’s Online Digital Edition
  • The World Auto & Sports

Copyright © 2019 The World Online. All Rights Reserved. Powered by CoolerAds.

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In