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In 2020, JUMP will continue to explore community initiative’s which support shared effort and resources to reach out and meet families where they are at.


If you'd like to support the important work that JUMP does for approximately 2200 householdss a year, please consider making a one time or reoccurring tax-deductible donation.

At the JUMP Outreach Center, we offer hospitality and direct assistance on Thursday and Friday mornings. Shannon Lemley-Willis manages the Center along with our team of volunteers who are here to greet you and assist you.


Come for Hospitality 

All are welcome to come enjoy breakfast hospitality of coffee, bagels, nutritious snacks, sandwiches and fruit served by our compassionate staff and friendly volunteers on Thursday and Friday mornings.


Come for Assistance
JUMP provides direct assistance with food, payments towards your heat and electricity, thrift shop vouchers to buy clothes and do your laundry, toiletries, diapers and other personal hygiene items, bus passes and gas vouchers to help you get around town.  

You are eligible for financial assistance once every three months. 
Please bring your ID, and if you need help with your utilities, a copy of your bill.  We open at 9am on Thursday and Friday mornings and assist up to 60 guests at the Outreach Center, up to 60 households per week.  Please do not arrive prior to 8:45am.   You are always welcome to drop in for 



December 2024 Update from the JUMP Board President

We are pleased to report that, thanks to generous donors like you, this has been a good
year for JUMP. Together, we’ve done what we set out to do – to do more to help more
people. We added new services and increased JUMP’s direct service budget – the result:
We are pleased to report this has been a good year for JUMP. We've done what we set out to do -- to do more for more people. 
Our two staff members, Shannon and Matt and volunteers have truly devoted themselves to creating a positive and warm atmosphere for our guests.  
This year, over 3000 men, women and children from 29 Vermont cities and towns, across 9 counties came to JUMP for assistance. JUMP guests include young and old, housed and unhoused, employed and unemployed, long-time Vermonters an newly arrived refugees, all of whom needed help to get housed, stay housed and meet basic needs. 
The financial support of our generous sponsors and donors has enabled JUMP to assist more Vermonters, add new services, and increase our direct services budget.  The result: 
    -  Larger utility grants are helping folks keep the lights on and stay warm.
    -  Increased food assistance supports families facing inflation at the grocery store.
    -  Added transportation assistance providing both bus passes and gas vouchers.
    -  Increased access to personal care supplies, laundromat and thrift store vouchers.
Yet, our work is far from done.  
 
The number of people without housing in Vermont is at a record level.  The number of households struggling to meet basic expenses including rent, has also soared. We helped thousands of people this year, but also turned away hundreds more.
 
That is why we are asking for your support now to fund the much needed assistance that JUMP hopes to provide during the winter months ahead.  
With gratitude,
Anne Tewksbury-Frye
JUMP Board President
We are pleased to report that, thanks to generous donors like you, this has been a good
year for JUMP. Together, we’ve done what we set out to do – to do more to help more
people. We added new services and increased JUMP’s direct service budget – the result:
We are pleased to report that, thanks to generous donors like you, this has been a good
year for JUMP. Together, we’ve done what we set out to do – to do more to help more
people. We added new services and increased JUMP’s direct service budget – the result:afeWe are pleased to report that, thanks to generous donors like you, this has been a good
year for JUMP. Together, we’ve done what we set out to do – to do more to help more
people. We added new services and increased JUMP’s direct service budget – the result:
We are pleased to report that, thanks to generous donors like you, this has been a good
year for JUMP. Together, we’ve done what we set out to do – to do more to help more
people. We added new services and increased JUMP’s direct service budget – the result:
We are pleased to report that, thanks to generous donors like you, this has been a good
year for JUMP. Together, we’ve done what we set out to do – to do more to help more
people. We added new services and increased JUMP’s direct service budget – the result:
 Larger utility grants are helping folks keep the lights on and stay warm.
 Increased food assistance supports families facing inflation at the grocery store.
 Added transportation assistance providing both bus passes and gas vouchers.
 Increased access to personal care supplies, laundromat and thrift store vouchers.


We are pleased to report this has been a good year for JUMP. 


We've done what we set out to do -- to do more for more people. Our amazing staff and a growing crew of JUMP volunteers have truly devoted themselves to creating a positive and warm atmosphere for our guests.


This year, over 3000 men, women and children from 29 Vermont cities and towns, across 9 counties came to JUMP for assistance. JUMP guests include young and old, housed and unhoused, employed and unemployed, long-time Vermonters an newly arrived refugees, all of whom needed help to get housed, stay housed and meet basic needs.


The financial support of our generous sponsors and donors has enabled JUMP to assist more Vermonters, add new services, and increase our direct services budget. The result:


   - Larger utility grants are helping folks keep the lights on and stay warm.
   - Increased food assistance supports families facing inflation at the grocery store. 
   - Added transportation assistance providing both bus passes and gas vouchers.
   - Increased access to personal care supplies, laundromat and thrift store vouchers.


Yet, our work is far from done.

The number of people without housing in Vermont is at a record level. The number of households struggling to meet basic expenses including rent, has also soared. We helped thousands of people this year, but also turned away hundreds more.


That is why we are asking for your support now to fund the much needed assistance JUMP hopes to provide during the winter months ahead. 

We are pleased to report this has been a good year for JUMP. We've done what we set out to do -- to do more for more people. 
Our two staff members, Shannon and Matt and volunteers have truly devoted themselves to creating a positive and warm atmosphere for our guests.  


This year, over 3000 men, women and children from 29 Vermont cities and towns, across 9 counties came to JUMP for assistance. JUMP guests include young and old, housed and unhoused, employed and unemployed, long-time Vermonters an newly arrived refugees, all of whom needed help to get housed, stay housed and meet basic needs. 

The financial support of our generous sponsors and donors has enabled JUMP to assist more Vermonters, add new services, and increase our direct services budget.  The result: 

    -  Larger utility grants are helping folks keep the lights on and stay warm.
    -  Increased food assistance supports families facing inflation at the grocery store.
    -  Added transportation assistance providing both bus passes and gas vouchers.
    -  Increased access to personal care supplies, laundromat and thrift store vouchers.

Yet, our work is far from done.  
 
The number of people without housing in Vermont is at a record level.  The number of households struggling to meet basic expenses including rent, has also soared. We helped thousands of people this year, but also turned away hundreds more.

 

That is why we are asking for your support now to fund the much needed assistance that JUMP hopes to provide during the winter months ahead.  



With gratitude,

Anne Tewksbury-Frye

JUMP Board President
We are pleased to report this has been a good year for JUMP. We've done what we set out to do -- to do more for more people. 
Our two staff members, Shannon and Matt and volunteers have truly devoted themselves to creating a positive and warm atmosphere for our guests.  


This year, over 3000 men, women and children from 29 Vermont cities and towns, across 9 counties came to JUMP for assistance. JUMP guests include young and old, housed and unhoused, employed and unemployed, long-time Vermonters an newly arrived refugees, all of whom needed help to get housed, stay housed and meet basic needs. 

The financial support of our generous sponsors and donors has enabled JUMP to assist more Vermonters, add new services, and increase our direct services budget.  The result: 

    -  Larger utility grants are helping folks keep the lights on and stay warm.
    -  Increased food assistance supports families facing inflation at the grocery store.
    -  Added transportation assistance providing both bus passes and gas vouchers.
    -  Increased access to personal care supplies, laundromat and thrift store vouchers.

Yet, our work is far from done.  
 
The number of people without housing in Vermont is at a record level.  The number of households struggling to meet basic expenses including rent, has also soared. We helped thousands of people this year, but also turned away hundreds more.

 

That is why we are asking for your support now to fund the much needed assistance that JUMP hopes to provide during the winter months ahead.  



With gratitude,

Anne Tewksbury-Frye

JUMP Board President

With gratitude,


Anne Tewksbury-Frye

JUMP Board President

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