VNA Fundraisers
New Event! VNA Way to Go!
- Virtual Online Fundraiser
- March 1-20, 2010
Take a walk with us in our newest special event, VNA Way to Go! Register online, get sponsors and log your activity each day to take a virtual walking tour around the VNA's two-county service area. This event combines the benefits of a wellness program with the opportunity to support the VNA and the work it does for the community.
To get started, visit the VNA Way to Go! website page. Here you will find out more information about the event, how to register and more about how the steps you take every day can be the steps to a healthier you and a healthier community.
Spring Blooms! Fashion Show
- A Benefit for VNA's Janet S. Munt Family Room
- April 7, 2010
Beverly Colston, Director of
ALANA Student Center at UVM,
models an outfit at the 2009 event.
This popular springtime luncheon raises important funds for VNA's Janet S. Munt Family Room. The Family Room is a critical community resource which serves over 300 of Burlington’s most vulnerable families each year. It provides much needed educational activities and services that assist and help strengthen young families at no charge to participants. These programs include children’s playgroups, a community garden project, sewing and cooking classes, an accredited pre-school and mothers’ and fathers’ programs. For more information about the Family Room, click here.
Join us on Wednesday, April 7, 2010, at the Davis Center at UVM. We'll feature fashions provided by SportStyle, Brooks Brothers Factory Store and fashions from our newest addition, designer Ava Bishop. Models include Marilyn Cormier, Major General Michael Dubie, MaryBeth Dudley, Julia Dunn, Andrea Green MD, Church Hindes, Marilyn Hindes, Allene Lanou, Coach Mike Lonergan, Jim Madison, Wendy Miller, Sara Munro, Alison O'Connor, Morris Pike, Patricia Prelock and Diane Zeigler.
2010 sponsors: Northfield Savings Bank, Acadia Insurance, Bergeron Paradis & Fitzpatrick, Dinse Knapp & McAndrew, Pines Senior Living Community, Pomerleau Real Estate, Prentiss Smith & Company, Inc., Queen City Printers, Inc., Shearer Chevrolet, Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Real Estate, New England Federal Credit Union, Gadue's Dry Cleaning and Middlebury Fence Company.
Need more info? Visit the calendar for more information or contact Maria McGrath, Special Events Coordinator with any questions at (802) 860-4435 or mcgrath@vnacares.org.
Vermont Respite House 5K Fun Run & Jiggety Jog
- Allen Brook School, Williston, VT
- May 8, 2010
Sharon Keegan, House Administrator for
Vermont Respite House, gives
Vermont Lake Monsters mascot Champ
a hug at the starting line of the 2009 Jog.
The Vermont Respite House 5K Fun Run & Jiggety Jog continues to be the single largest annual fundraiser for the Respite House, Vermont's only Medicare-certified hospice home. Vermont Respite House is a home-away-from-home where terminally ill individuals can live out their remaining days in peace, surrounded by the love of family and friends. Every dollar raised from the Fun Run goes directly toward providing room, board, personal care and special services for residents, regardless of their ability to pay.
For more information about the May 8, 2010 event, please check back soon.
Become a Sponsor or Volunteer For VNA Special Events
We need you! There are a variety of exciting volunteer and sponsorship opportunities available for each one of our fundraiser events. Our events would simply not be successful with out the help of our generous sponsors and dedicated volunteers.
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer or sponsoring one of our events or would like more information about one of our fundraisers, please contact:
Maria McGrath
Special Events Coordinator
(802) 860-4435
mcgrathREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@vnacares.org