Vermont Business Magazine Healthy Living, Vermont and New York's trusted source for healthy food and community connection, has donated more than $13,000 to a local food bank.
Through its Round Up for Food Insecurity program, Healthy Living provides the opportunity for shoppers to round up grocery tabs at the register to the next dollar amount.
The most recent donation, collected throughout 2024, will serve the South Burlington Food Shelf, located just doors down from the flagship store on Dorset Street. The Food Shelf welcomes in city residents to choose food items up to twice monthly.
"Healthy Living guests are truly the best, and we are grateful for their dedication to the communities we serve. Through their continued kindness and generosity, we are helping address food insecurity in the communities we serve," CEO Eli Lesser-Goldsmith said. "Knowing that we're able to give back in this way is what Healthy Living is all about."
As part of the longstanding partnership, Healthy Living and other supporters have made possible the service of 600 unique households within the community, providing food for more than 1,500 people at an average rate of 72 people each week.
"Thanks to the continued support of our friends and neighbors at Healthy Living, we are able to serve people when they need us, as they need us. Food is a human right, and choosing your grocery items allows people to feed their families with dignity and to their own tastes," Patrick Leduc, president of the Faith Influenced Leaders Non-profit, which oversees the Food Shelf, said. "We appreciate the staff, shoppers and the Lesser-Goldsmith family for keeping us in their minds each day."
To learn more about rounding up, visit healthylivingmarket.com/community
Healthy Living is an independent natural foods retailer specializing in local, organic and natural foods with stores located in South Burlington and Williston, Vermont and Saratoga Springs, New York. Founded by Katy Lesser in 1986, Healthy Living pioneered natural food stores in Vermont and has expanded to serve its communities with fresh, chef-driven café foods. Healthy Living now employs 350 team members across its three locations and remains a family business led by Lesser and her two children, Eli and Nina. Committed to holding the strictest ingredient standards in the retail industry, Healthy Living is proud to sell the finest and cleanest food at the fairest prices possible while supporting local farmers and producers. For more information, visit healthylivingmarket.com.
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (March 11, 2025) — Healthy Living
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