December 17, 2010
Ski Vermont
Trapp Family Lodge Gives this Holiday Season
Jennifer Vincent, jv@trappfamily.com
802.253.5755
STOWE, Vt.
This holiday season the Trapp Family Lodge has put up a Giving Tree and is working to benefit three different Vermont charities; Donate Life VT, the Vermont Food Bank and the Lamoille Family Center.
This is the first year that the Trapp Family Lodge is doing a Giving Tree. The Gift Shop in the Main Lodge is selling “giving tags” which guests and visitors can purchase for a monetary donation of their choosing and place on the Giving Tree which is located right outside of the Gift Shop.
• Donate Life Vermont is a social initiative sponsored by The Center for Donation & Transplant to increase the number of organ donor registrants in the state of Vermont. Its mission is to bring awareness and education to the Vermont communities about the importance and need for organ donors while providing the tools to take action. Donate Life Vermont is proud to announce the launch of its community-oriented web site, www.DonateLifeVermont.org to encourage Vermont residents to join the organ donor registrant list and motivate their networks to do the same. For more information, please contact Donate Life Vermont at 1-866-637-9112 or visit
www.DonateLifeVermont.org
• Vermont Food Bank is the state’s largest hunger-relief organization, serving communities in all 14 counties of Vermont through a network of more than 280 food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, senior centers and after-school programs. In FY2010, the Vermont Foodbank distributed more than 7.5 million pounds of food to as many as 86,000 Vermonters. The Vermont Foodbank, a member of Feeding America, is nationally recognized as one of the most effective and efficient nonprofits and food banks in the nation. To learn more about hunger in your community and to take action against hunger and poverty in Vermont, visit them on the web at www.vtfoodbank.org
• Lamoille Family Center affirms the right of all children to grow up in an environment that enables them to become healthy adults by educating, encouraging and celebrating families. As a family resource center, they focus on creating an atmosphere in which all families are welcomed, nurtured, and supported. They recognize that raising children is an important and challenging job for all parents, and that the outcomes of that endeavor have a profound impact on our communities and society. They are firmly committed to developing a system of care for children and families that weaves together best practices of professionals, the wisdom and experience of families, and the strengths and hopes of the community. Visit them on the web at www.lamoillefamilycenter.org
For further information please call the Trapp Family Lodge at (800) 826-7000, or visit online at www.trappfamily.com.

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