Compassionate care runs deep in the Edgerton family as Karen and Steve Edgerton, along with their future daughter-in-law, Kathleen Tredtin, were honored recently for going above and beyond in caring for a woman who became ill while shopping. The Edgertons and Tredtin were honored at a ceremony at Rutland Regional Medical Center and given The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, a peer-elected awards program of the DAISY Foundation. The award recognizes the super-human efforts nurses perform every day.

Julianna Fedrizzi has recently joined the Partner Services team at Inntopia as a Strategic Account Manager. A recent graduate of the University of Vermont, she brings a background in hospitality and customer service culled from several years of front-line experience at a busy bed and breakfast. Originally from Taos, NM, Julianna moved all across the US. In high school, she spent a year in Poland as a Rotary International Exchange student and in college, she studied abroad in Oaxaca, Mexico. We are thrilled to welcome Julianna to the team!

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Board of Directors presented Pro Bono Service Awards to the law office of Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC and three Vermont attorneys in recognition of their extraordinary commitment to equal justice.

The LSC Pro Bono Service Award Reception take was held recently at the Burlington Hilton at 70 Battery Street. The awards ceremony was in conjunction with the LSC Board of Directors’ third quarterly meeting of the year.

Green Mountain Video’s documentary film “Dawn of a new day: the creation of Fletcher Allen Health Care” won a Bronze Telly in the documentary film category. The film was produced by the University of Vermont Medical Center and directed by Jim Heltz of Green Mountain Video.

National Life Group’s Do Good Fest raised $30,000 for Central Vermont Medical Center’s Branches of Hope cancer patient fund over the weekend.

The money represents nearly $24,000 in parking receipts, merchandise sales and donations on the day of the music festival, as well as a $6,000 contribution from the National Life Group Foundation.

Burlington City Arts has announced the 16 recipients of the 2016 Community Fund Grants. The fund aims to foster a vibrant creative community by supporting projects in the City of Burlingtonthat address community needs, challenges and priorities through the arts, and benefit a broad citizenry.