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Our Partners

Our Community Cares Camp’s goal is to create a caring community where every child can find success. OCCC has a number of partners with equally important goals.  On Our Partners page you can learn more about our different partner types and partner relationships.  Read the mission statements of our partner organizations.  If you want to learn more about one of our partners, click on their links to be transported to their website.

 

This page is under construction. 

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The USDA’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) ensures that low-income children continue to receive nutritious meals when school is not in session. The goal is to ensure that no child goes hungry this summer. USDA Summer Food Service Program

Our mission at Fresh Press is to help change the paper supply chain from forest to farm.

We are an award-winning interdisciplinary research and making lab at the University of Illinois that explores the potential of regional sustainable agricultural fiber waste as art, paper, and objects.

We have worked with multiple universities, independent scholars, and emerging artists for research projects. As we evolve as a lab, we are always looking for more collaborations, so please reach out to start a conversation. Fresh Press Studio

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We believe that farms and the food they produce are vital to our communities, culture, and landscape. By using the freshest milk from our family farms, crafting our products with both tradition and innovation, and giving back 100% of profits to our members, our cooperative makes award-winning cheese and dairy products that are as good as good gets. Cabot Creamery

 

King Arthur Baking has been a Certified B Corp since 2007, meeting high standards for social and environmental responsibility. As a founding B Corp and Vermont Benefit Corporation, we’re committed to using business as a force for good—supporting our community of bakers, employee-owners, and farmers while caring for the planet for future generations. King Arthur Baking Company

 

Located next to the railroad tracks in the Richmond Village, Richmond Market & Beverage provides the convenience and quality that our neighbors have been looking for. We strive to provide as many local products as possible, from grass fed beef, to local seasonal produce, and even Vermont wines and cheeses.
Richmond Market and Beverage are the primary food supplier for OCCC.  Their dedication to buying local and their ability to find the best prices are a great support to OCCC in our journey to shop locally and support local businesses.

 

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The agency’s Child Nutrition Programs staff administer the federal programs that support nutritious meals and snacks in schools, daycare settings and summer program sites, ensuring that nutritious, high-quality meals and snacks are served to program participants in all eligible sites in Vermont.

Just as learning does not end when school lets out, neither does the need for good nutrition. Two summer food programs are administered nationally by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service, and within Vermont by the Agency of Education’s Child Nutrition Programs. State of Vermont Child Nutrition Programs

 

The Child Literacy Foundation’s mission is to inspire a love of reading and writing among low-income, at-risk, and rural children up to age 12 throughout New Hampshire and Vermont.
Child’s Literacy Foundation

We take pride in farming for our community inRichmond, Vermont.

Farr Farm

Richmond Food Shelf
The mission of the Richmond Food Shelf and Thrift Store, Inc. located in the village of Richmond, Vermont is to improve the lives of individuals and families in the community who are experiencing financial hardship. Richmond Food Shelf and Thrift Store

 

Common Good Vermont is the only statewide organization in Vermont dedicated to uniting and strengthening all of the mission-driven organizations that serve the Green Mountain State. Common Good Vermont serves as the “go to” resource for our peers to share resources, gain skills, and build partnerships.
 
Common Good Vermont

 

The town generously donates storage space for OCCC materials when camp is not in session.

Town of Richmond, Vermont

Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District is an important partner for OCCC.  MMUUSD cooperates with OCCC to provide space and transportation for our summer campers.  OCCC provides food for all students attending MMUUSD academic programs.

Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District

Jericho Town Library​

Huntington Library