Weekly Food Pantry
Every Thursday from 3-4pm

About the Pantry

Guilford Cares welcomes anyone in need of supplemental food for themselves or their families. Our pantry, with the help of state agencies, local businesses, and individual donations, provides a wide variety of fresh, frozen, canned and packaged food items. Guilford Cares also makes extra food available to students at the Guilford Central School.

Pat Haine leading a dedicated squad of enthusiastic volunteers, operates The Guilford Cares Food Pantry. They feed a significant number of families who experience difficulties putting enough food on the table despite working multiple jobs. The citizens of our community generously donate to allow Guilford Cares to help out. The State of Vermont provides support.

Interested in utilizing the pantry or volunteering?

Stop by the Broad Brook Community Center between 3-4pm every Thursday to take part. Find us at:

Broad Brook Community Center
3940 Guilford Center Road
Guilford, VT 05301

For more information contact:
Pat Haine, Pantry Director at 802-257-0626,
or email her at pth1946@yahoo.com

Medical Equipment Loan

Guilford Cares maintains an inventory of medical equipment and personal care items which are donated and recycled for loan at no charge.

How to Donate: Contact guilfordcaresvt@gmail.com or 802-579-1350 to schedule a time to drop off your item(s). Donations must be clean and in working order. Please do not drop off items without speaking to a staff person first. We do not accept hospital beds or motorized scooters. If the timing works out, we will match a request for those items with an offer to donate.

How to borrow: Call Guilford Cares to find out if needed items are available. Inventory can fluctuate depending on what is donated and returned. All equipment loans are free of charge. We ask that items be returned to us when no longer needed so they will be available for other borrowers. We understand that loan duration may vary depending upon circumstances. There is no charge for this service.

Donations are tax deductible: Tax donation letters are available upon request.

Typical items available:

Wheelchairs
Transport chairs
Commodes
Raised toilet seats
Rails
Walkers
Shower chairs
Transfer benches
Transfer boards
Rollators
Rails
Grabbers and bars
Canes and crutches
Cushions
Braces and slings
Adult diapers
Bed pads
Miscellaneous personal care

Community Nurse Visits

Guilford Cares got started to fill a gap in our community's health care. We have a great community nurse, Sandy Merz, RN, to help us make sure no one falls through the cracks, figuratively of course. Let us know your needs.

A Community Nurse does not replace the usual medical services we use for treatment or even in an emergency, but she will add a layer of coordination Guilford residents always have found highly valuable.

Request a visit

Rides & Visits

A friendly neighbor visit can help out someone who is housebound. We check in on folks who are home alone to chat and see if they need someone to run an errand, maybe to reach something on a high shelf, or quite often for a game of cards. We also help out with rides to medical appointments and trips to the grocery store when our residents need such help.

Request a ride

Referrals

Often there are other Vermont agencies that can help our neighbors in ways Guilford Cares cannot. We usually know what is available and how to reach those sources of help. You can always contact us for a referral to such sources of help. Feel free to reach out to us with any and all questions.

Tech Support

You told us that you need help with computers (don’t we all!) We found help. In the Tech Mentor Program, computer professionals volunteer their time to go to your house to help you sort out problems. They can help you select the needed equipment, set it up for you, and walk you through using it to achieve the desired result.

They get rave reviews! Why not give us a call next time you get stuck on a computer problem?

Weekly Food PantryEvery Thursday from 3-4pm