Please Consider Participating in

VFDA’s Split the Ticket Program

Thanks to the generosity of Vermont fuel dealers, along with local businesses and organizations, VFDA’s Split the Ticket program provided nearly 6,000 gallons of free heating fuel to Vermonters in need last year.

Vermont’s heating fuel dealers are mostly small, family-owned businesses that live in the same community where they work. They know about the father in the military and his struggle to pay the bills while fighting overseas. They know about an unfortunate accident or illness that will make it tough for someone to heat their home. They know how the recession is impacting their community and who is having trouble making ends meet. Heating fuel dealers see the need first-hand and are often the first to respond in a crisis, especially when the family is unaware or unable to receive government assistance— or is simply too proud to ask for help from others.

Here’s how the Split the Ticket Program works: Heating fuel retailers agree to donate a delivery of oil, kerosene, or propane to a neighbor in need. Those pledged gallons will be matched with donations from the community. Please consider helping Split the Ticket with a Vermonter in need this winter. All funds will be used to match fuel donations by Vermont’s oil and propane dealers—none are used to administer the program.

Thanks to those of you who have already sent in your donation for the 2011–2012 heating season!