Local Vermont photographers have joined forces to support Volunteers in Action (VIA), a vital community program affiliated with Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center.
The seven talented photographers participating in “Photographers in Action” have each selected photographs that will be on display at the Arabella Gallery & Gifts Shop at 65 Main Street in Windsor, running through Friday, January 29. All photographs have been contributed to this project by the artists themselves and are being offered for sale to the general public, with proceeds going directly to Volunteers in Action. The display will be open to the public from 10 AM until 6 PM daily. Participating photographers include David Nelson (photo shown above), Cassie Nyberg George, Nate Larson, Marv Klassen Landis, Ann Roy and Rick Nader, all of Windsor, and John Severance of Norwich, VT.
This exhibit is part of Vermont Arts 2016, a project of the Vermont Arts Council.
Established in 1997, Volunteers in Action organizes volunteers to provide a range of assistance to neighbors–mainly the elderly, disabled, and low income, in order to ensure access to essential services and make it possible for individuals to remain in their homes in the best possible health. VIA services are available in Hartland, Plainfield, Reading, Weathersfield, West Windsor, and Windsor, VT as well as Cornish, NH. Services include transportation, friendly visits, telephone check-in, minor home repair, shopping assistance, Meals on Wheels delivery, walking companions, reading aloud, and more. VIA also provides information about and referral to other community services. VIA is supported entirely by charitable contributions from Mt. Ascutney Hospital, area towns, churches, businesses, private foundations, and by individuals in the community.
Founded in 1933, Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center is a not-for-profit community hospital network including the critical access-designated Mt. Ascutney Hospital in Windsor, Vermont, and Ottauquechee Health Center in Woodstock, Vermont. Affiliated with Dartmouth-Hitchcock, the Hospital provides people in communities across the Connecticut River Valley with primary care and a comprehensive suite of specialty services, along with 25 inpatient beds, a therapeutic pool and an acclaimed, 10-bed inpatient rehabilitation department. Mt. Ascutney Hospital is a recipient of the national Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service, one of the most prestigious awards in healthcare, and is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), as well as the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) with Level 3 status, the highest level of medical home designation for delivering quality care.