Vermont H.C.R. 10: House concurrent resolution honoring Richard Carter and Danby-Mt Tabor NOW for their innovative leadership in establishing the new Danby-Mount Tabor veterans memorial

Bill Text

R-15 Page 1 of 1
2025

VT LEG #382032 v.1
No. R-15. House concurrent resolution designating February 6, 2025 as 3SquaresVT
Awareness Day at the State House.
(H.C.R.10)
Offered by Representative McGill of Bridport
Whereas, food shelves, food pantries, meal sites, senior meal programs, the Vermont
Foodbank, emergency shelters, Area Agencies on Aging, community groups, businesses,
health providers, statewide coalitions, faith-based organizations, and concerned and
dedicated individuals are working to end hunger in Vermont, and
Whereas, a major support for this effort is 3SquaresVT, the federal Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Vermont that the Department for Children and
Families’ Economic Services Division administers, and
Whereas, 3SquaresVT is an extremely effective and efficient antihunger program
providing nine meals for every one meal that the charitable food system offers, and
Whereas, more than 65,000 Vermonters, comprising nearly 40,000 households of all
ages and demographics, are recipients of 3SquaresVT benefits, and
Whereas, a large segment of 3SquaresVT recipients are children, seniors, or people
living with disabilities, and
Whereas, 3SquaresVT serves the food needs of friends, neighbors, and families with
privacy and dignity and mitigates the impact of poverty on our most vulnerable
residents, and
Whereas, this federal program strengthens the economic vitality of Vermont’s local
communities and businesses, such as grocers and farmers, and our State economy, by
keeping redeemed benefits from each meal within our State, and
Whereas, the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows that the
number of people at risk of hunger is only increasing, particularly households with
children, now therefore be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives:
That the General Assembly designates February 6, 2025 as 3SquaresVT Awareness
Day at the State House.