Eloise Smith and David Pearlman recently joined the Alliance Francaise of the Lake Champlain Region. Eloise joined the Alliance Francaise of the Lake Champlain Region as a volunteer Marketing and Communications Intern. She is a junior at UVM with a double major in Psychological Science and Studio Art. Last summer she taught sailing on Lake Champlain at the Community Sailing Center. Her background in French started when she was young. She took French classes throughout high school and is currently studying French at UVM.

Hunger Free Vermont welcomed 3 new members to its Board of Directors in November. The Board Recruitment and Nominating Committee were pleased to bring these volunteers on to serve as strategic partners in the organization's work to end the injustice of hunger and malnutrition for all Vermonters.