Vermont Community Foundation Supports Home Sharing

In recognition of the increased demand for home sharing matches due to rising fuel and housing costs, the Basic Human Needs Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation (VCF) has awarded $10,000 to Home Share of Central Vermont (HSCVT). Requests for home sharing assistance are skyrocketing — calls to HSCVT in November and December were 160% higher in 2008 compared to 2007 — so the Basic Human Needs grant will definitely be put to good use. HSCVT will use the award money to facilitate home sharing matches throughout Washington, Lamoille and Orange counties.

VCF made the announcement in late December 2008. A spokesman congratulated HSCVT on receiving the competitive award, and wished the program ”much success in your important work.”

“We are so grateful to VCF for this generous and much-needed grant,” said HSCVT director Betsy Reid. “We’re also excited about the opportunity to help more Vermonters enter into home shares and experience firsthand this excellent solution to living more economically, being able to stay at home, or feeling more confident about a parent’s well-being. It is a great privilege to help Vermonters in this way — something we can only do with the support of VCF and other thoughtful foundations, businesses and individual donors.”

The Vermont Community Foundation, based in Middlebury, helps build and manage charitable funds to improve the quality of life in Vermont.