Churches across Montpelier fund unhoused families until December 1 [Video]

From giving out food to funding hotel rooms, several churches in Montpelier have filled in the gap where the state hasn’t, to help people who are unhoused.”What do we have to offer as churches? Because, what if we don’t do this? You know, why do we even gather together as a congregation? This is what we are supposed to be doing,” said Beth Ann Maier, a Deacon at Christ Episcopal Church in Montpelier. After hundreds of people were exited from the state’s general assistance housing program, multiple churches in Montpelier put out appeals to their congregations to fundraise for efforts to support unhoused people.”We’ve talked with people who sometimes they come from out of state, but most are Vermonters and they’ve had a piece of bad luck, whether it’s a medical problem or losing jobs or family separation or addiction,” said Peter Thoms, a member and volunteer at the Unitarian …