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Richmond Community Kitchen (RCK) is a resource for healthy cooking and eating in downtown Richmond. RiseVT recently awarded RCK an Amplify Grant to build a free cookbook lending library for community members to peruse at the RCK or borrow for home use. While there are...

Author: Michele Butler Gilbert, Program Manager, RiseVT-Addison County The New Year seems to blow in with noise-makers and parties! And, reflectively, many of us look back over our previous year of life with thoughtful questions. What are my priorities and goals? How...

Access to indoor play equipment increases active play for a local daycare through a RiseVT mini grant.

by: Joy Choquette A few years ago in the media a buzzed-about phrase was, “nature deficit disorder.” The phrase described the worrisome trend of today’s youth—and many adults—spending more time indoors than out. This is less of a problem for seventh- and eighth-grade...

Written by Sarah Parsons West Grand Isle – While hunger and food insecurity remain issues throughout Vermont, collaborative efforts to overcome isolation and provide access to nutritious foods are progressing statewide. Statistics alone are alarming, with ten-percent...

Vermont is full of local trails and this RiseVT Scavenger Hunt led community members on exploration and adventures in Franklin and Grand Isle Counties.

Kids and veggies DO mix – if you have the right recipe!

By Denise Smith, Program Manager RiseVT Franklin-Grand Isle Counties The first time I got on a treadmill, I had a smoothie in one hand and a water bottle in the other and within 2 minutes, the smoothie was all over me. I had fallen backwards off the treadmill onto the...

RiseVT is happy to announce that in the New Year we are starting a show on Northwest Access TV about tips and tricks for staying healthy in 2019. RiseVT is working to help make it easier for you to choose the healthy choice by improving your choices...

Stress reduction through the holidays and beyond.