Capstone Community Action

📣 New position alert! 📣

🏠 We’re seeking a Family Development Housing Counselor in Barre. This position offers great benefits and the opportunity to make a difference for families moving out of poverty.

➡️ For more information about this full-time position, including more about qualifications, compensation and benefits, please visit CapstoneVT.org/Careers.

✅ Interested applicants should submit a letter of interest and resume to [email protected].

🌱 Capstone Community Action is an equal opportunity employer.

📸 Photo Credit: Jeb Wallace-Brodeur

🎶 Mark your calendars!

🌱 We invite you to join us for this fun evening of music hosted at Gifford Medical Center with great food (to be purchased) on Tuesday, July 7.

🎶🌞 Gifford's FREE Summer Concert Series is back for another year!

Join us on the Gifford Green for four evenings of live music, delicious food, and family-friendly fun. This free community event features a different band each week from July 7–28, along with picnic-inspired refreshments available for purchase from local nonprofit organizations.

This year's lineup includes local favorites and a variety of musical genres sure to have something for everyone! Bring your lawn chairs and blankets, gather your friends and neighbors, and enjoy an evening of fun, food, and music on the Green.

🕠 Food sales begin at 5:30 p.m.
🎶 Music starts at 6:00 p.m.
🚫 Alcohol-free event

Follow us on Facebook for concert updates, rain delays, and cancellations. For more information, call 802-728-2380.

We can't wait to see you this summer!

📣 All Capstone locations will be closed on Friday, June 19 in observance of Juneteenth.

➡️ We will re-open for normal business hours on Monday, June 22.

Have a safe holiday weekend!

📣 Mark your calendars! 📣

➡️ You can find Capstone staff at the upcoming events as well as the days we'll be closed in observance of the holidays.

• 6/5 Smuggler's Notch Employee Wellness Expo
• 6/9 Lamoille Housing Summit in Stowe
• 6/19 Holiday Closure for all Capstone locations in observance of Juneteenth
• 7/3 Holiday Closure for all Capstone locations in observance of July 4th
• 7/11 National Life Do Good Fest in Montpelier

✅ Please visit our website event page for more details at https://capstonevt.org/events. Keep following us as we add more to our summer calendar!

We invite anyone concerned about housing in the Lamoille Valley to the free one-day community summit on housing challenges and solutions for Lamoille County. It will be hosted at the The Jewish Community of Greater Stowe. Visit the website to learn more and to register at https://www.lamoillehousingsummit.org/

www.lamoillehousingsummit.org

🌱 The Assistance Program (WAP) ensures low-income homes have reasonable energy use, more utility customers are able to keep up with their bills.

🏡You can read about one of our participant’s experiences in the visuals above.

➡️ Please visit our website to learn more about our program in Central Vermont: https://capstonevt.org/homeowners

➡️ All Capstone locations will be closed on Monday, May 25, 2026 in observance of Memorial Day.

We will reopen for normal business hours on Tuesday, May 26.

✨ Have a safe holiday weekend!

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Capstone Head Start provides comprehensive early childhood education, health, nutrition, and family support services to help children and families thrive.

We also have openings for Fall 2026 in Lamoille, Washington, and Orange counties for families with young children and pregnant individuals, and we support caregivers with connections to housing, food, health services, and more.

Visit our website to learn about Capstone Head Start: https://capstonevt.org/children-and-families

Reminder! Capstone’s Community Events & Board Nominations start tomorrow! Don’t miss your chance to get involved:

Lamoille County Luncheon
Thursday, May 14 from 1–2 PM
250 Industrial Park Drive, Morrisville
(Board nominations begin at 2 PM)

Two Rivers Luncheon
Tuesday, May 19 from 12–1 PM
12 Prince Street, Randolph
(Board nominations begin at 1 PM)

Learn more about Capstone and how you can play a role in shaping our work in Central Vermont.

Questions? Contact Maddy Squier-Paine at 477-5161 or [email protected]

🌱 For 60 years, Capstone Community Action has stood alongside Central Vermonters, helping neighbors meet immediate, basic needs while building a path toward stability.

➡️ As we share this year’s Annual Report, we’re honoring the people who make this work possible. From dedicated staff to the individuals and families we serve, these stories reflect journeys that span moments and decades within our community. They are the foundation of Capstone. They are the bridge between hardship and hope.

💚 Thank you for being part of this shared story. 💚

🌟 We invite you to explore the online report found on our website: https://capstonevt.org/annual-report

With gratitude to Tilia Tea Company

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