Flood relief: shelters, meals, supplies, and donations

REGION – This is a running list of open shelters, free meals, supplies, and where to make donations to help with flood relief in the local area. It will be updated as new information becomes available.

 

Shelters

Flood shelters have been opened with food, beds, showers, and more, in several locations across the region, including:

  • Belmont Village Fire Station, 52 Church Street, Mount Holly
  • Mount Holly Town Office, 50 School Street, Mount Holly
  • Cavendish Baptist Church, 2258 Main Street
  • Cavendish Elementary School, 573 Main Street
  • Calcutta’s Restaurant, 87 Fox Lane, Ludlow
  • Londonderry Flood Brook School, 91 Vermont Route 11, Londonderry
  • Londonderry Town Hall, 100 Old School Road, South Londonderry
  • South Londonderry First Baptist Church, 62 Crescent Street, South Londonderry
  • Plymouth Community Shelter, 35 School Drive

 

Free meals

Area businesses and locations which are handing out free meals include:

  • Gamebird in Ludlow is collecting food donations and giving away food and meal kits.
  • The Eatery by Vermont Bliss in Ludlow is donating meals to those who can’t pay.
  • Chester Helping Hands, Southern Pie Café, and the Pizza Stone in Chester set up community meal resources, bag lunches, free personal pizzas, with donations coming from Black River Produce.

 

Supplies

  • Donated supplies (paper products, food, other staples) can be picked up at the Ludlow Community Center, 37 Main Street, Ludlow.
  • Snacks, dry goods, and personal care items are set out in the red tub in front of Tacos Tacos in Ludlow. Please take whatever you need, and feel free to add as well.

 

Donations

If you wish to donate to help the flood relief efforts:

  • Shaw’s in Springfield is collecting food items for Ludlow flood victims.
  • Calcutta’s Restaurant in Ludlow is collecting items for food and shelter.
  • Gamebird in Ludlow is collecting food donations and giving away food and meal kits. They have also set up a gofundme at www.gofund.me/69137BB3.
  • Cavendish Baptist Church is accepting food and other donations for their shelter. Food and supplies, gift cards, and checks can be mailed to P.O. Box 425, Cavendish, VT 05142.
  • Neighborhood Connections in Londonderry is accepting donations at www.secure.givelively.org/donate/neighborhood-connections-inc/flood-relief, to be used in the local community relief efforts.
  • Cavendish Baptist Church is accepting food and supplies for their shelter, food containers for meals for delivery, and monetary donations can be made to P.O. Box 425, Cavendish, VT 05142.
  • The Unitarian Universalist Church in Springfield is accepting donations, 21 Fairground Road.
  • The Proctorsville Volunteer Fire Department is accepting monetary donations at P.O. Box 81, Proctorsville, VT 05153.
  • Springfield Area Parent Child Center requests items for their diaper bank program, in particular diapers size 5 and 6; 2t/3t, 3t/4t, and 4t/5t pullups; and wipes. Purchases can be made via an Amazon wishlist. Please email sapcc@sapcc-vt.org to alert the center of donations.
  • Black River Good Neighbor Services in Ludlow is accepting monetary donations via their PayPal at www.brgn.org.
  • “Operation Ludlow,” a group of volunteers that have come together to be a center point for collecting all physical donations, is accepting donations at 37 Main St. (Ludlow Community Center) from 10 a.m. –  5 p.m. every day until further notice.
  • The Town of Ludlow’s officially-approved monetary donation page can be found at www.yourplaceinvermont.com/accepting-donations-for-flood-relief. This has been set up by the Okemo Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Ludlow Rotary Club. Also note that you must specifically tag “Ludlow Town and Village” as the donation location.

 

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