Who We Are

Our Staff

Delores Barbeau 
Interim Director

Noreen Lenilko
Social Worker

Maggie Kaiser
Program Coordinator/ Volunteer Coordinator​
Jackie Borella
Finance/Operations Manager

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Volunteers

The Staff at Neighborhood Connections is very grateful to the volunteers who cover our reception desk each day; answering phones, greeting visitors and supplying important clerical assistance with various projects.

If you are interested in volunteering,
​please call us at (802) 824-4343.

Board of Directors

Bob Wells
President
S. Londonderry

Jim Linville
​Vice President
​Weston

Ed Magee
Treasurer
Bondville

Carolyn Partridge
Secretary
Windham

Delores Barbeau
Weston

​Gloria Dawson
Weston
Mary Jo DeGrandi
S. Londonderry

​Susie Wyman
Londonderry

Joel Kuhlberg
Londonderry

Dwight Johnson
Londonderry

Pat Cherry
Windham

​Skip Raymond
Windham
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Delores Barbeau, MD, MPH
Interim Director

Jackie Borella
Finance Manager

Jackie has worked at Neighborhood Connections part-time for 3 years, after a 30-year career as the owner of Friends of the Sun in Manchester.  She fills the rest of her work schedule as the Business Manager for The Collaborative.

​A transplant from Long Island, she has lived in Vermont since 1982.  She loves skiing, hiking, and travelling to warmer climates.  She currently lives in Londonderry with her husband, Bob, where they raised Brittany (now a mechanical engineer in Indiana) and Faryn (currently a graduate student in California). 

Maggie Kaiser 
Program Coordinator/Volunteer Coordinator

​Maggie Kaiser joined Neighborhood Connections in April and is not new to the role of “coordination”. She may be recognized by many in the community as the former RN care coordinator from mountain valley health center and where her work with Neighborhood Connections began. She is looking forward to collaborating with the team at Neighborhood Connections to build upon the foundation that has been laid over the last 10 years and connect the community with the renovated Meeting Place with programs for all. She is ready to get started and meet with community members about how to best serve the needs of all, from young to old.
Maggie lives in Londonderry with her family and feels very fortunate to live among such a thoughtful, loving, strong community to raise her family in. Maggie grew up in Oswego, NY and has a degree in Nursing and Community Health. She has worked in various areas of nursing over the last 16 years with a focus on community health and wellness. 

Message from the Board President:

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Welcome to Neighborhood Connections, Inc.’s official website! For those of you who are visiting for the first time, hopefully you’ll not only find what you’re looking for, but also will be inspired by what we do. Our Mission, in a nutshell: To foster hope – particularly for the most vulnerable individuals and families in South-Central Vermont- by  delivering care and connecting all people who walk through our doors to comprehensive well-being support. We pride ourselves in being a unique resource for all people in nine mountain towns in Vermont – regardless of personal financial situations.
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  • We recognize how confusing it can be to identify/assess available well-being resources – particularly in our rural area.
  • In short, if you are facing challenges or a personal/family crisis, we try to help.You can come visit us. And if need be, we come to you. Moreover, “walk with you” for however long it takes.
  • We pro-actively serve as a “connector hub” for dozens of community partners in our area – working collaboratively to problem-solve human service needs.
  • And underlying everything, we understand and live by the value of “neighbors helping neighbors”. For us, it’s simply the right thing to do.​​
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​​If you have suggestions for how we can be more effective, please let us know!
​And if you care to help us – as we help others in need – you’ll find information in this website on how to volunteer and/or generously donate to our cause.

​Thanks for visiting us!

Bob Wells
President, Board of Directors

Founders

Meet Dolores and Gloria

Neighborhood Connections is a community based health and human services organization located in Londonderry, Vermont.  It was founded in 2009 by Dolores Barbeau and Gloria Dawson -accompanied by a nurse and a business woman who recognized a need for coordinated and connected assistance for low income and vulnerable individuals. Together they pooled resources with that of a few friends and neighbors and opened their office doors in The Mountain Marketplace Shopping Center in Londonderry.
 
It did not take long for word to travel and within a short time the staff were working endless hours helping people find resources for affordable housing, food, transportation, medical needs, and assistance with utility bills and economic benefits applications. 
Gloria Dawson (at left) and Delores Barbeau
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