Events
Look for event announcements on the EVCG website, Front Porch Forum, Facebook, our quarterly newsletter, and at the Middle Branch Collaborative on Route 14, East Randolph. Then come join us!
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Summer bingo. Scavenger hunts. Fall festivals. Ice-cream socials. Halloween parties. Art raffles. Community yard sales. Green-up projects. Free vegetables from our community garden. We’ve added giant puppets to Randolph’s 4th of July parade and designed custom porch-quilt panels for local homes and farms. Our events include regulars and one-offs, fundraisers and giveaways. Some events are unique to us, some are part of larger celebrations. Bringing neighbors together is our primary goal. Visitors to the area are also welcome.
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The Middle Branch Collaborative is among our most cherished partners. The Collaborative is essentially an indoor, self-service farmers’ market, offering high-quality local products (baked goods, lotions and soaps, jellies and pickled yummies, maple syrup, The Herald, and much more).
This is a warm space where residents and visitors can gather and nourish each other through food, education, and support. Come to a pizza night or ice-cream social. Visit Hobouta Sandwich bar (three days a week). Middle Branch Collaborative is located where Rte. 14 meets Rte. 66, East Randolph—the site since 1857 of a General Store.
Follow the Collaborative on Facebook for updates and events.
Supporting Each Other via the Randolph Area Food Shelf
As food insecurity rises in Vermont, the East Valley Community Group welcomes the opportunity to support the Randolph Area Food Shelf. In November 2025, we donated $1,000. We have pledged another $1,000 for December. This effort reflects our fundraising over the years. We are very grateful for the generosity of our neighbors and are committed to giving back. It was a quick and unanimous decision in our November board meeting as to who we need to support this year.
The Randolph Area Food Shelf is located at 12 Prince Street and currently opens six days a week. (Check that website for opening hours, delivery information, and updates regarding food benefit programs.) People in need are welcome to shop there. No income disclosure is required.
Please consider donating to the Randolph Area Food Shelf if your circumstances allow.
Two in five Vermonters experience food insecurity, according to the Vermont Foodbank. One in 10 Vermonters is enrolled in SNAP, a federal benefits program threatened by the government shutdown. In a typical year, SNAP boosts Vermont’s economy by $155 million. The risk of food insecurity in Vermont is higher than average for families with children, households experiencing job disruption, women, and people of color. Our support for the Food Shelf complements and extends our summer and fall vegetable giveaway and exchange.
Exchange Table
While you’re at the Middle Branch Collaborative, check out the exchange table, managed by the EVCG. Choose from the free books, vinyl, and additional items. Community ideas and donations are welcome.
​Jubilee in the Valley, our spring 2025 event, celebrated kindness among neighbors and made art accessible to all. The event included fun art projects for all ages and an art show with pieces available for prices of the buyers’ choosing. The Jubilee event was organized by Joan Feireabend, an artist in East Randolph, with the Arts Bus and the White River Craft Center. Refreshments were sold by the Middle Branch Collaborative.
Our Community Emerges II
In 1780, Vermont was working to be accepted into the Union. The new name of the town—previously known as Middlesex—honored Edmund Randolph, a lawyer. Edmund Randolph briefly served as an aide to General George Washington then became one of Virginia’s delegates to the Constitutional Congress.
Five weeks after the town of Randolph was chartered, Congress appointed a committee of five to confer with a committee from Vermont regarding admitting this state to the Union. ​​​​
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Edmund Randolph was one of the five men appointed to the Congressional Committee. It would be another ten years before Vermont became the fourteenth state.
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In 1789, Edmund Randolph became the first Attorney General of the US, and in 1794, Secretary of State. In 1807, he represented Aaron Burr during Burr’s trial for treason.​
More local history on other pages
Image: Patriotic play scene performed by children at the Community Hall, East Randolph