ReSOURCE: A Nonprofit Community Enterprise has committed $15,000 through its ReLIEF Essential Goods program to assist those who have been hardest hit by recent flooding in Barre and Burlington. ReSOURCE has increased its ReLIEF budget to meet the tremendous need from recent flooding.
 
Residents who suffered a loss of essential household items to their primary residence, can apply for a voucher for ReSTORE Burlington or ReSTORE Barre to be used to help purchase the following items: washers, dryers, refrigerators, stoves, furniture, and other basic household essentials. For those who have suffered structural damage, vouchers are available for building materials through ReBUILD Burlington and ReBUILD Barre. These items include lumber, doors, flooring (if available), and water heaters (if available).
 
How to apply:
ReLIEF Essential Goods Vouchers in the greater Barre area:
ReSTORE Barre | 28 Granite Street, Barre
Contact: Bryce Sammel | 802.477.7800 x20
 
Central Vermont Flood Help Center | 126 North Main Street | Barre
802.479.4526 | www.cvfloodhelp.com
 
ReLIEF Essential Goods Vouchers in the Burlington area:
ReSOURCE | 266 Pine Street
Contact: Tracey McVetty | 802.658.4143 x20
 
For those who are wishing to donate essential household goods and building materials, items can be dropped off at:
ReSTORE Barre | 28 Granite Street | Tuesday-Saturday | 9:30A-6:00P
ReSTORE Burlington | 266 Pine Street | Monday-Saturday | 9:30A-6:00P
ReBUILD Burlington | 339 Pine Street | Monday-Saturday |9:00A-5:00P
 
ReLIEF helps alleviate poverty by serving those with the lowest income—those who cannot afford ReSTORE’s already low-cost goods—while providing training opportunities to enrolled trainees, and offering items and services for sale to a wider audience at a very reasonable cost. In 2010, ReLIEF provided 958 individuals in crisis with $100,342 worth of goods and services so that their basic needs were met.
 
ReSOURCE is currently undergoing a capital campaign to raise funds to restore a historic granite shed located at 28 Granite Street in downtown Barre. When completed, it will serve as a learning site for at-risk youth and unemployed workers, provide creative ReCRAFT materials for artists & educators, and give families in crisis access to basic household goods and services.
 
ReSOURCE’s mission is to meet community and individual needs through: (1) education and job skills training,
(2) environmental stewardship, and (3) economic opportunities.