Enriching
the Lives of all
Vermonters
Vermont
Humanities Council programs reach Vermonters of all ages and backgrounds.
With our programs, Vermonters read for pleasure, explore humanities
topics, and discuss and exchange ideas with others.
Humanities-based Literacy
Connections
~
At-risk
students, teen parents, adult new readers, and corrections residents
explore literature and the humanities. By opening books, they open
doors to lifelong learning.
Never
Too Early
~ Childcare
providers and parents learn techniques to stimulate interest in
books and stories in young children.
Ready
Set Go!
~ This
new initiative targets prospective kindergartners who are not ready
for school and helps their parents prepare them for kindergarten.
At-risk
Middle-school Students
Humanities
Camps ~
Weeklong
theme-based day camps for at-risk middle school students help
build positive peer groups, confidence, and a love of reading.
Grants
to Communities
Creating
Communities of Readers
~ With
our support, Vermont communities develop and maintain intergenerational
literacy activities and events ó from authors-in-the-schools to
new-baby bags and book festivals.
Humanities Grants
~ VHC
grants fund humanities projects in museums and libraries, at film,
music and literary festivals, and at local historical societies
ó including the Vermont History Expo.
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Reading
and Discussion
Literature
and Medicine
~Ý Through
this hospital-based program, healthcare professionals read and discuss
literature, enriching their lives and the lives of patients.
Reading and Discussion
~ A
nonprofit organization chooses from more than 60 theme-based series.
The council provides books and a discussion leader. Participants
make personal connections with neighbors, building stronger communities.
Vermont Reads
~ Celebrate
reading and discussion with this statewide community one-book
program.
Talks
and Living History
Speakers
Bureau
~ More
than 70 speakers and living history impersonators are available
for public events at schools, libraries, community centers, senior
centers, and corrections facilities.
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First Wednesdays
~
A
monthly humanities forum in Middlebury, Montpelier and St. Johnsbury.
Annual
Fall Conference
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