Our mission is to build community in Wheelock, to encourage neighbors to get to know and trust one another. We seek to create economic and social opportunities for all residents, including elders, families, working people, and non-residents, to develop a vibrant town.
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SUMMER 2025 FOOD DRIVE
Help support the Sheffield Food Pantry! It serves Wheelock, Sheffield, and Newark. Bring non-perishables to Wheelock Town Hall June 17-19 & 24-26. Hours are Tues & Thurs 8:30am - 3pm and Wed 10:30am - 5pm. A financial donation will help the Pantry make purchases at a substantial discount from the VT Foodbank. Write your check to Sheffield Food Pantry, PO Box 36, Sheffield VT 05866. Memo WCI Food Drive.
Save the date! June 21. Register ahead for a 10' x 10' space with a 6' table and chair - cost is $10. Thanks to all who participated in this annual event at the town green last year. Your participation as a seller or a customer helps support Wheelock Community Initiative projects!
WHEELOCK'S ENERGY FAIR
The Energy Fair on May 17, 2025 at Town Hall was a big hit! Folks from eight area agencies provided weatherization help and information about rebates to 46 attendees. The Town utilized funding from the state's Municipal Energy Resilience Program (MERP) and appreciated support from Wheelock Community Initiative to put on the event. See photos here.
Wheelock’s "big" Little Library at Town Hall has a newly repaired door. It's monitored and frequently restocked. Feel free to come and bring or take a book or a game.
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The "little" Little Library built by students at St. Johnsbury Academy is now set up at Chandler Pond Farm on the farm stand porch. See photos here.
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We deliver welcome baskets to new, year-round residents and sympathy baskets to the families of recently deceased Wheelock residents.
WHEELOCK VILLAGE WALKABILITY
With support from an AARP mini-grant in 2023, we conducted a walkability audit along Rte. 122 in Wheelock village. The route is a busy, east-west connector between Rtes. 5, 16 and Interstate 89. No safe pathways, and traffic speeds above the posted 35 mph signs make it unsafe for walking and force residents to drive within the village. Thank you to the Town of Wheelock for serving as our fiscal sponsor. Read more.
We worked alongside the Town of Wheelock with Vermont Council on Rural Development Community Visit Program on the Wheelock’s Future forums in 2020. Read the Wheelock report here.