We're delighted to welcome Spring Lake Ranch, a licensed nonprofit residential treatment program, to the Marketing Partners' family of clients with a mission focused on healthcare.

Since its founding in 1932, Spring Lake Ranch Therapeutic Community has offered a healing community for people with mental illness or dual diagnosis. Beginning at the working farm in Cuttingsville, Vermont and moving to a range of options in Rutland, Spring Lake Ranch assists residents in progressing from a period of crisis to a satisfying life. 

As a temporary exhibit was hung in City Hall, Net Zero Vermont Inc. announced public presentations by the top five finalist teams for the Sustainable Montpelier 2030 Design Competition will be held on Saturday, January 7, 2017 from 3:00 to 5:30 p.m. in the Pavilion Building Auditorium. Seating is limited and advance registration is encouraged for this free event.

We are excited to announce that our client, The Permanent Fund for Vermont’s Children, awarded its second annual Early Educator of the Year Award to Jackie Reno, a decade-long veteran child care provider from Burlington. Kathi Apgar, of New Haven, was the 2016 award finalist. This year, The Permanent Fund honored excellence in center-based child care professionals.

Call2Recycle’s expanded household batteries recycling program following Vermont’s first ever mandated primary (single-use) battery stewardship law has shown tremendous results since the program was launched in January this year. Vermont's positive response to the program has contributed to Call2Recycle's  announcement of a record 3.3 million kilograms (7.3 million pounds) of single-use and rechargeable batteries recycled at the mid-year mark, an increase of 20 percent compared to the same time period last year.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has renewed its commitment to the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action Initiative with a new round of grants after its initial five-year partnership with the AARP Foundation and state-based action coalitions. RWJF has announced that the Vermont Action Coalition is receiving a second two-year grant through the Future of Nursing State Implementation Program (SIP). The Vermont Action Coalition, acting on the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine (2010) and the Vermont Blue Ribbon Commission on Nursing (2012), seeks to improve the health of Vermonters by fully engaging Vermont nurses in our evolving health care system.

In preparation for this next phase of work, Marketing Partners will be helping to create new messages, a website and a direct-to-RN outreach campaign so Vermont nurses are aware of the multiple education pathways and supports available to them. Our work will help the Foundation and the Vermont Action Coalition to achieve the Institute of Medicine (IOM)'s recommendation that 80 percent of the nursing workforce has a baccalaureate in nursing degree (BS or BSN) by 2022.

We're thrilled that after two years of research and planning, the Bird-Friendly Maple Habitat program materials we developed are available for participating producers to begin using this fall. Audubon Vermont has partnered with the Vermont Maple Sugarmakers' Association and the State of Vermont to develop standards and conduct field audits for producers wishing to participate.

Why

While maple syrup can look and taste the same, it can come from forests that are managed in dramatically different ways. Park-like maple monocultures may look tidy and increase sap production over the short-term, but they support relatively low numbers of birds and bird species. These same forests are also less likely to be able to respond to the stresses of insect outbreaks, disease or a changing climate.

We're delighted to welcome nonprofit Call2Recycle, Inc. to the Marketing Partners' family of clients with a behavior change and environmental mission.

Call2Recycle® is a product stewardship program providing no-cost battery and cellphone recycling solutions for municipalities, businesses and consumers across the U.S. and Canada. It is the first program of its kind to receive the Responsible Recycling Practices Standard (R2) certification.

In what has become a favorite local event, Rock Point School will host the Ooky Spooky run again on Saturday, October 24th. Each year, the School hosts this fun, costumed, 5k race to benefit COTS (Committe on Temporary Shelter).

Families and children of all ages are welcome. There is also a "fun walk," for people interested in exploring the Rock Point property and watching the race. As usual, prizes will be given for best costumes, as well as those with the best time in each category. The course is an all-terrain adventure on trails, the bikepath, and the beach.

We're delighted to welcome Champlain Valley Head Start, a program of nonprofit Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, to the Marketing Partners' family of clients with a mission focused on children and families.

Champlain Valley Head Start offers center-based and home-based services to eligible families in multiple locations throughout Franklin, Grand Isle, Chittenden and Addison Counties.

We're delighted to welcome nonprofit PaintCare, Inc. to the Marketing Partners' family of clients with a behavior change and environmental mission.

PaintCare® is a product stewardship program approved by the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources for the responsible recycling of unused and leftover paint in the state.