VT Past Events

St. Johnsbury Senior Holiday Dinner Sen. Bernie Sanders’ office is again organizing six senior holiday dinners throughout Vermont in December. The meals are an opportunity for seniors to come together, enjoy a holiday meal, and hear music from local student choirs. The meals will be held in Barre, Bennington, Brattleboro, Burlington, Rutland and St. Johnsbury.

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ office is, once again, hosting a concert featuring school choruses from elementary, middle, high schools and colleges throughout Vermont to showcase the importance of funding the arts in our public schools.

In this year’s State of the Union essay contest, 590 students from 50 Vermont high schools submitted 250-500 word essays on issues that included climate change, gun safety, substance use, immigration, political polarization, higher education and more. A panel of six Vermont teachers served as volunteer judges, scoring the essays and choosing the 20 finalists and three winners Sen. Bernie

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ office will again organize six free senior holiday dinners in December. The meals are an opportunity for seniors to come together, enjoy a holiday meal and hear holiday music performed by local students. There will also be brief “town meeting” updates on senior issues. The final free meal will be held in Brattleboro. The Barre, Bennington, Burlington,

Milk Price Discussion Sen. Bernie Sanders’ office invites Vermont’s dairy farmers to share their ideas on improving low milk prices. Our dairy farmers are struggling due to a prolonged period of low milk prices. While the newly improved Margin Protection Program has helped ease short-term cash flow problems for some farmers, a long-term solution is desperately needed to boost milk