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Donations Needed to Help Thousands of Vermonters

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BURLINGTON, Vt. -

Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin says he hopes during this season of giving that people think about others less fortunate.

Food shelves in Vermont help feed about 86,000 Vermonters. So the governor is encouraging Vermonters to help with donations of money, food, or their time.

"While we are making great progress, we live in the most giving state of the country, there is more need and there are a lot of hungry folks who without Vermonters' generosity will not have enough to eat not only on Thanksgiving but in the cold winter ahead," says Shumlin.

While the governor says the state has taken steps to reduce hunger, the state's commissioner of health says another goal is making sure more people can afford healthy food.

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