Saturday, May 6—RUTLAND—Head to Pine Hill Park for a community mountain bike fun ride and walk, adventure scramble, DJ, prizes, food truck and more. All to fundraise for Homelessness Prevention. Homeless Prevention Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving Vermont families […]
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Candlelight vigil held for homeless in Rutland
The Homeless Prevention Center held its 23rd annual candlelight vigil on Dec. 21 in Rutland. The vigil is held each year on the winter solstice, along with hundreds of other communities across the country. HPC’s vision is to eliminate hopelessness […]
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Spring ride raises $5,500 for the homeless
The Homeless Prevention Center in Rutland hosted the first HPC Spring Sprockets Fun Ride & Walk at Pine Hill Park on May 7. The event netted about $5,500 to help get people into housing with social rides, scavenger hunts and […]
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New affordable apartments seeking tenants in Rutland
Lincoln Place, located at 10 Lincoln Ave. in Rutland City, was originally built in 1951 as a K-8 Catholic school. The 18,000 square foot building operated until the mid-1970s, and most recently served the community as a privately run preschool […]
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Candlelight Vigil to be held in Depot Park
Thursday, Dec. 21, 5 p.m.—RUTLAND—The Homeless Prevention Center is sponsoring its 18th annual Candlelight Vigil in Depot Park on Thursday, Dec. 21 at 5 p.m. This event is to bring attention to the tragedy of homelessness that many Vermont families […]
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Hannaford Helps Reusable Bag Program to benefit the Homeless Prevention Center
RUTLAND — The Homeless Prevention Center, a nonprofit committed to providing services to prevent or re-house those experiencing homelessness, has been selected as a beneficiary of the Hannaford Helps Reusable Bag Program for the month of March 2016. For every […]