Montpelier Alive Announces its 2024 Downtown Event Grant Awards
May 14 2024
Montpelier Alive awards announces its 2024 grant funding to 10 downtown Montpelier Community Events Montpelier Alive works to create a vibrant and livable Montpelier by celebrating its heart and soul: its downtown. One way it brings the community together is through events. Montpelier Alive’s annual Downtown Events Grant Program supports many of these events and is announcing its ten 2024 grant awardees. The 2024 recipients are: All Together Now, All Species Day; Good Beginnings of Central Vermont, It Takes a Village; the Monteverdi Music School, Make Music Day; Montpelier Roxbury Public Schools Race, Against Racism; Pride Center of Vermont, Montpelier Pride Fest;
Member Highlight - Paul Richardson of Storyworkz
May 13 2024
What is StoryWorkz and what services do you provide?
We founded the company 34 years ago, in 1990, and we help companies (and nonprofits) of all sizes grow through story-based marketing.
We are a collaborative of about a dozen fun and experienced marketing professionals who do everything from photo and video to social media, from web development and graphic design to wordsmithing and branding. We essentially help our clients weave together all the things they need to do for marketing and branding and putting their best face forward.
Within this collaborative I handle the photo/video stuff, as well as general project management. So, I
Member Highlight: Deborah Glottmann of The Mitzvah Fund
May 07 2024
Member Highlight: Deborah Glottmann of the Mitzvah Fund What is the Mitzvah Fund and how did it get started? The Mitzvah Fund is a small veterinary non profit. We provide non emergency routine, surgical and dental veterinary care for the animals of low income seniors, low income veterans, unhoused neighbors, and disabled first responders. The Mitzvah fund started in 2006. Our co- founders dad used to ask every night at dinner what mitzvahs did you do today. He was an immigrant and very serious about giving back to his community and deeply instilled that mission into all three of his kids. Upon
Member Highlight: Dr. Mel Houser of All Brains Belong
May 01 2024
Member Highlight: All Brains Belong Tell Us about All Brains Belong. All Brains Belong is a nonprofit in downtown Montpelier that provides flexible ways to get healthcare and connect with community, while also educating the community on how to become a more welcoming place for all brains. We call it “All Brains Belong” because we believe that no matter how someone’s mind or brain works, they deserve access to high quality medical care, community, education, and employment support. How did you get started? Like many people, the early days of the COVID pandemic made it painfully obvious that I needed to change the way