Jayson Boyers of Champlain College Appointed to Hunger Free Vermont Board of Directors

Experienced Business and Community Leader Named to Board for Nonprofit Striving to Reduce Hunger Across State of Vermont

Burlington, VT, August 07, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Champlain College (http://www.champlain.edu) a private, baccalaureate institution that offers professionally-focused programs balanced by an interdisciplinary core curriculum, has announced that Jayson Boyers will serve on the Hunger Free Vermont Board of Directors. The board is responsible for overseeing all of the nonprofit organization’s outreach and educational efforts to eliminate hunger in the state. Boyers serves as the managing director of the Division of Continuing Professional Studies at Champlain College, and has previously served on several nonprofit boards including Wake Education Partnership, MLK Montessori School Board and the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Board of Advisors.

Hunger Free Vermont (http://www.hungerfreevt.org) is an organization that works to end hunger and to promote nutrition across the state. Since its incorporation in 1993, the nonprofit has increased access to school breakfasts and lunches and food stamp programs, feeding hundreds of thousands of children over the past 20 years. Through anti-hunger and childhood nutrition advocacy, the organization has also implemented after-school and care center meal programs, as well as provided adult education through its Learning Kitchen.

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"Hunger Free Vermont has made unbelievable strides in the fight against hunger in the state of Vermont,” said Boyers. “But with 85,000 Vermonters of all ages currently living in food-insecure households, I am eager to help spread hunger awareness throughout the state to reduce that number in the future."

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About Champlain College:
Champlain College is a private, baccalaureate institution that offers professionally focused programs balanced by an interdisciplinary core curriculum. Founded in 1878, Champlain College is located in Burlington, Vt., one of America’s greatest college towns, and is recognized as a destination for a transformative, flexible educational experience. With a focus on providing a top-quality education, as well as helping graduates become marketable employees, Champlain College emphasizes innovation and relevance in its offered degrees, which include business, communications, cyber security, creative media, education, digital forensics, social services, logistics, computer innovation and information technology. Serving a variety of students from many backgrounds, Champlain College offers traditional undergraduate and online undergraduate courses, along with online certificates and degree programs, and eight master’s degree programs. The institution holds international campuses located in Montreal, Quebec and Dublin, Ireland. Champlain College was named a Top-Up-and-Coming School by U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges, and is ranked in the report’s top tier of 2013 Regional Colleges in the North. For more information about Champlain College, visit http://www.champlain.edu/.

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