EMMETT GARTNER Community News Service  As the sun set on a picture-perfect crisp autumn Saturday, horses neighed and excitement filled the air at Merrymac Farm in Charlotte ahead of a special open house.  Friends and family members of kids who attend Burlington’s King Street Center arrived to see firsthand what their youngsters have been up to for the past

Check out our YouTube Channel Here! 2015 Time Lapse Video of an entire year of our demolition & re-build! 2011 King Street Center video preceding our Raise the Bar Capital Campaign, by Mt. Mansfield Media

King Street Center kids visited Merrymac Farm in Charlotte six times this summer to learn good horsemanship. This means mucking out the stalls, grooming the horses and learning how to ride and trot. Farm owner Era MacDonald and a group of volunteers introduced the youth to the horses, bunnies, kittens and chickens that inhabit the picturesque spot. Eva Sollberger of Seven

5/16/18 Vermont Business Magazine Community Bank NA recently presented King Street Center in Burlington with a $5,000 donation to support the organization’s summer teen programming. The funds will help cover the cost of daily meals, tutoring and various adventures. King Street Center’s Teen Futures program provides middle and high school youth with the opportunity to develop their interests and learn new

This Team Of Vermont City Marathon Runners Couldn’t Be More Inspiring  May 4, 2018 Lisa Lynn On May 27, Meb Keflezhigi will race at the Vermont City Marathon. He’ll run alongside Vermonters with equally inspiring stories. Meb Keflezhigi is hard to miss. At 43, he is lean and sinewy, a body sculpted by years of running. He is 5 feet,

Announced on NBC5, King Streeter Rukiya Awayle has been selected from many applicants to be one of four runners to race with "Team Meb" in the Vermont City Marathon May 27! "Meb Keflezighi is one of today’s most inspiring runners, having overcome significant challenges and adversity to rise to the top of the running world..." (Read more here.) We are SUPER

"The King Street Center charges tuition no higher than the state's subsidy rate, so qualifying families pay nothing for childcare. For a child attending full time, tuition is about $186 per week, Smith said. The cost of delivering that care is much higher. "We could never ever make it on what the subsidy pays," she said. "Not for an hour." To

http://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/lemonade-stands-life-lessons/760450180 Burlington, Vermont - You likely pass them all the time on when you're walking on Church Street. Kids working hard to serve you what some call the best lemonade in Burlington. But, with each drink the King Street lemonade stand teaches these young entrepreneurs the value of team work and responsibility. One of those kids is 13-year-old Mohamed

University of Vermont Athletics Reports: UVM men's soccer team used Monday's holiday as an opportunity to give back to the community. The Catamounts spent the afternoon with kids at the King Street Center. (See Link Here.) The afternoon consisted of various activities using soccer balls including four square, basketball, keep-away and even a few soccer games. "There were a lot