Members in the News

  The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) A SBA incentive included in the $349 billion loan program created to support small businesses and make sure employees continue to receive an income. Loans will be fully forgiven at the time the loan is due if most of the funds are used to keep people on payroll and […]

By Linda Laban, Boston Globe correspondent, Updated March 25, 2020 Caledonia Spirits president and head distiller, Ryan Christiansen, and his team are always trying out new recipes for the Vermont company’s prize-winning Barr Hill Gin, aged Tom Cat Gin, and Barr Hill Vodka. This month, however, the recipe was for hand sanitizer. “It’s incredibly simple to make. It’s basically high-grade […]

Twincraft Skincare has been providing thousands of bars of soap to food shelves since the new coronavirus first arrived in Vermont By Jack Thurston, NECN • Published March 25, 2020 A Vermont business is helping people around the state protect themselves against COVID-19 by providing soap to food shelves. “We’re doing something to help,” said Michele Asch of […]

Online course invites experts and students from around the world to explore the aftermath of  change and disruption CRAFTSBURY COMMON, Vt. – Sterling College’s online course, “Surviving the Future,” launching on April 6, could hardly be more timely, even if the timing was unintended; it  represents the third event focused on the provocative writings of […]

An update from Anna Grearson at Union Mutual: Union Mutual, a property-casualty insurance carrier founded in 1874 in Montpelier, VT on the premise of neighbors helping neighbors, has been purchasing 100 meals/week from two local restaurants: Pinky’s on State and Langdon Street Tavern. These two well-loved establishments have then donated the meals to our neighbors […]

BURLINGTON: Generator, a makerspace in Burlington’s South End, is prototyping personal protective equipment (PPE) in response to requests from the UVM Medical Center. Generator and some of their medical, educational, manufacturing, and engineering partners are working to immediately start producing equipment including face shields, N95 masks, and ventilators to protect medical professionals on the frontlines of […]

RANDOLPH, Vt. (WCAX) Vermont Glove is waving goodbye to gloves for now. The Randolph company stepped up to help in the wake of the coronavirus, shifting its production to make masks for health care workers and first responders. The 100-year-old company is getting orders from local and state police, Vermont’s corrections department and private companies. […]

As the COVID-19 crisis evolves, we are aware that many of our members are facing financial difficulties due to loss of work. This Member Emergency Loan is designed to specifically help members who are struggling financially as a result of the crisis. NON-MEMBERS WELCOME TO APPLY Thanks to a unique partnership with The Vermont Community Foundation, […]

Below is an update from Caledonia Spirits: How this got started:  1. Small distilleries like Barr Hill are wondering how we’re going to get through this now that restaurants and bars have closed. We sent our entire team home last week but have continued to keep everyone on payroll with full benefits. 2. Making hand sanitizer […]

Sugarsnap is mobilizing our staff and resources to provide meals for people in need in our community. And we are asking individuals and businesses to help us do it. To start, we will be providing a nutritious, hearty lunch for COTS’ Daystation. For $6 per meal ($300 per day; $2,100 per week), Sugarsnap can provide this […]