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Past Upper Valley Campaigns
Valley News COVID-19 support fund
Thank you! Our campaign has come to a close and the response was overwhelming. If you are looking to continue to support the Valley News and our local journalism during this crisis please subscribe to the Valley News in print and/or online, purchase an advertisement, or sign up for our daily newsl
U.V.E.R. – Consumer Co-op Delivery Service
U.V.E.R.-- the Upper Valley's first consumer co-op delivery service-- launched earlier this summer; now, we need your help raising $6,500 to fund two e-bikes. The e-bikes will be critical in the growth of U.V.E.R., allowing for more efficient deliveries in the heart of the Upper Valley and ensuring
The Christmas Revels: All Shall Be Well Again
Please consider supporting "The Christmas Revels: All Shall Be Well Again" as a crowdfunding sponsor. Your sponsorship of this film helps make free viewings of this film possible and creates work opportunities for those in the arts, including New Hampshire and Vermont artists, as "The Christmas Reve
Sunapee Region ARTS ATLAS
We need your help to launch the new Sunapee Region Arts Atlas! Find out WHY this arts map will bring a collective voice to the cultural destinations throughout the Greater Sunapee Region below! The Sunapee Region Arts Atlas is a colorful, engaging Arts & Culture Asset Map that invit
Help Us Feed Friends By Feeding Foodie!
The Friends of Mascoma Foundation is committed to combating food insecurity in the Macoma Valley Regional School District (MVRSD) through our Friends Feeding Friends program. The program launched in February 2016 and has grown exponentially over the past few years. Friends Feeding Friends decrea
Food For Thought: The Growing Peace Project
If you’re looking to make change, this is the place to get started. The staff is so supportive and so enthusiastic about what YOU have to offer. If you have an opportunity to get involved in this project, jump on it. I would do it again in a second…. There are many different kinds of leaders. I thin
Closing the Food Waste Loop
At least 1/3 of household trash is compostable yet it ends up in the landfill! When food scraps go to the landfill they are compacted with other trash and break down anaerobically emitting greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. Additionally, all the valuable nutrients that could be helping to
Close the Loop with Compost at Sunrise Farm!
In July 2020, Vermont’s Universal Recycling Law will go into effect for all Vermont residents. Organic waste — including an estimated 197.5 million pounds of edible food and food scraps, and leaf and yard debris, will no longer be accepted with the trash. This is an incredible opportunity to stop th
Base Lodge Energy Efficiency Updates
Whaleback Mountain, owned and operated by the Upper Valley Snow Sports Foundation (UVSSF), is a nonprofit entity with the mission to support and enhance an affordable, healthy, and sustainable snow sports experience in the Upper Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont. We first came together
A Vineyard in Vermont
We are part of a new wave of Vermont farmers, grape growers and wine makers who believe that wine is food and soil comes first. There's a small number of Vermont vineyards farming organically and biodynamically, earning a world-wide reputation for serious, sustainable farming techniques in cold clim
About Upper Valley
The Upper Valley of the Connecticut River is made up of thousands of visible and invisible networks of people working together.
Vital Communities works to strengthen those networks so that our region—69 distinct towns and cities spanning two states, with no single dominant metro area—can thrive. Our staff specializes in convening for change: bringing people together to size up and address our challenges. We have evolved as a hub of initiatives, resources, and working groups in such areas as business vitality, food and farming, energy, transportation, climate change, leadership, housing, and outdoor learning.