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Weekly Reports

Barre, VT – June 23-29, 2024

Two words describe the week.  Community and diversity.  Or are the words diversity and community?  We had two groups of volunteers from the Lancaster, PA, area.  One group consisted of five plain women, and the other group was made up of a church...

Barre, VT – June 16-22, 2024

First a few things about Barre-Montpelier VT.  The area around Barre has and still does produce the most granite in the state thus Barre is known as the granite capital of Vermont.  Maple syrup is another product of this area.  Ice cream shops...

Barre, VT – June 9-15, 2024

The area of Vermont in which MDS is working is very beautiful and scenic.  It is one of 4 states to ban billboards so as you travel the state there are no elevated signs blocking your view. Now to the week of June 10. We had another group of 14...

Barre, VT – June 2-8, 2024

The base for the project really started off on Tuesday May 27 as a group of 4 men from the NY Unit started building single bed frames.  They later assisted in hooking up the 3 long term volunteers RVs, the shower trailer, and then built a platform...

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