How You Can Help
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Below is a list of ways you can help in Cavendish. Volunteers can register to help by calling 802-226-7291 or 7292, Mon-Fri, from 9-5.
• Stay at home or 6 feet a part and help to “bend the curve.”
• Donation of funds can be made to local groups helping with the relief effort, such as
- Cavendish Family Fund, send checks to Cavendish Town Office, PO Box 126 Cavendish, VT 05142
- Cavendish Volunteer Fire Department
- Procotorsville Fire Department
• Healthy volunteers to drop off food, personal shopper and run errands. No direct contact with people. Call 802-226-7291 or 7292 to register as a volunteer, M-F, 9-5. The state also has a volunteer registry for childcare, grocery worker, public works, professional, drivers etc.
• If you are a retired or other medical professional, including EMS, please consider becoming a medical volunteer by signing up with the Vermont Volunteer Responder Management System.
• Call neighbors and friends to see how they are doing. Make sure to call those who are not on line and could be missing important information.
• If you have special skills with Internet or connectivity technology, please register above. You can assist people by phone with computer, phone and other types of issues
• Do you have any skill that you could help community members with by phone or e-mail? e.g. simple home repairs
• Business owners: Organize a group to discuss what type of business our town needs so it's not dependent on tourism as a main source of income.
• Every one that belongs to a church, place of employment, social organization or a network of friends can start planning now how they can organize themselves to help those who may be most in need. Town wide tag sale is July 25 (Saturday).
• Keep a journal. At the end , make a copy and donate it to the Cavendish Historical Society, PO Box 472, Cavendish VT 05142. These will help future generations deal with challenging times.
• Call and collect stories from the oldest members of your town that remember WWII. What advise do they have for today's children? Type up interviews and send to the Cavendish Historical Society, PO Box 472, Cavendish VT 05142 or margocaulfield@icloud.com
• Write notes and letters to local nursing home and hospitals. These are lonely times for seniors and those in quarantine. You can write to Gill Odd Fellows Home of Vermont, Inc 8 Gill Terrace, Ludlow VT 05149
• Gardeners: How to start indoor gardens. Want to write an article? Send it to cavendishconnects@gmail.com
• Kids-Draw pictures to support the messaging of staying at home; keep a journal that they can share with their children and grandchildren.
• Become a citizen scientist. There are many many projects now that use citizens to help. Everything from tracking stars to counting insects
• Run a special Zoom group
• Hair stylists-offering tips for maintaining that do
• Donate or make masks and other personal protection equipment for area medical facilities:
• Prayers are always helpful
• Make someone laugh