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Meet the faith Fully staffed guided leaders backing SB’s food shelf BUSY ANDERSON COMMUNITY NEWS SERVICE
Patrick Leduc is in pursuit of an answer at the intersection of faith and public service: “How do we best love our neighbors?” That’s what he began asking a group of friends who met over breakfast back in 2018. Those sit-downs evolved into the nonprofit Faith Influenced Leaders, which lets professionals put their skills toward efforts guided by religion. The group meets twice a month and has grown to 15 fulltime members. Part of the group’s answer to Leduc’s question? Feeding people. Seeing food PHOTO COURTESY OF SOUTH BURLINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT insecurity across the city, particularly with Last week marked a significant milestone for the South Burlington Fire Department as its minimum staffing increased from eight to 10 people on duty at all times. kids, compelled Leduc and friends to devise This means the city’s second ambulance will be staffed 24/7, 365 days a year, and respond from Station 2 on Holmes Road. a major response to a major problem. In 2019, their group helped open the South Burlington Food Shelf at 356 Dorset St. “We want to bring to bear for good, but we also want to do that in a very humble and a servant style,” said Leduc, 57, the chief operating officer of the Vermont LIBERTY DARR this year is to re-examine current commit- board are mandated. Student Assistance Corp., who also serves STAFF WRITER tees to see where adjustments can be made Policy advising committees govern as an ordained Catholic deacon. to better reach the goals outlined in the such things as parks and recreation, bicyThe nonprofit handles the money, papercles and pedestrians, and affordable housFollowing the adoption of the 2024 City city’s new blueprint for its future. work and logistics for the food shelf, rather Plan in January, South Burlington’s city The city, like other towns and cities ing, and are set up by the council under than taking center stage, Leduc said. staff, councilors and volunteers have been across the state, has two sorts of commit- authority in the city charter for the sole working to revamp the city’s committee tees: statutory and advisory. Statutory committees like the planning commission, structure. See COMMITTEE on page 13 See FOOD SHELF on page 2 One of the priorities for the city council development review board and library
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