Also signing this letter were Ellen Martyn, Sara Longsmith, Emilie Kornheiser, Elizabeth Tannenbaum, Peter Fallon, and Beth Kiendl, all of Brattleboro, and Ann Darling, of Easthampton, Massachusetts.
BRATTLEBORO-As former members of the Brattleboro Human Services Committee, we encourage all members of the community to read this detailed, informative report to the town from the current members of the committee.
We think that voting to eliminate or drastically reduce the town's share of funding of these organizations would be a shortsighted, major mistake and would be detrimental to Brattleboro's well-being.
During the time that we served on the committee, each one of us came to more deeply understand and appreciate what a critical role the nonprofit organizations, whose funding requests we carefully reviewed, play in the healthy functioning of our community. They do so much with so little and form a vital network, helping to meet basic human needs and providing safety and well being to so many each year.
We want to thank all of the nonprofit leaders and staff who have been meeting with the Human Services Committee for the past 20 years, and who are doing their best to make our community a better place. We encourage continuing to help fund these organizations that play such an essential role in maintaining Brattleboro's vitality.
Douglas Frantz
Brattleboro
Also signing this letter were Ellen Martyn, Sara Longsmith, Emilie Kornheiser, Elizabeth Tannenbaum, Peter Fallon, and Beth Kiendl, all of Brattleboro, and Ann Darling, of Easthampton, Massachusetts.
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