Annual Gathering
Please register below and join us at CHC's 13th Annual Gathering!
Details:
- Date: Wednesday October 21, 2026
- Time: Doors Open at 5:00 pm, Dinner Served at 6:00 pm
- Location: Montgomery Town Hall (The Grange)
- Guest Speaker: Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder (see bio below)
Highlights:
- Catered dinner by Cafe Oma
- Pop-up sale by Phoenix Books featuring a selection of CHC staff & board favorites with 20% of proceeds genoursly donated to CHC
- Online raffle and silent auction with local goods and crafts
- CHC Merchandise for sale (including the return of our favorite t-shirt design!)
Secure your tickets by following the link below. There is a suggested donation of $25 per person. See you soon!
Support CHC and win amazing prizes! The Annual Gathering RAFFLE and SILENT AUCTION are both open now through the duration of the event on October 21. Thank you for your support and hope to see you at the gathering!
Guest Speaker Bio
Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder is the author of MOTHER, CREATURE, KIN: What We Learn from Nature's Mothers in a Time of Unraveling (Broadleaf Books, 2025), and TINY WORLDS: A Field Guide to Small Wonders (Chelsea Green, 2027). She grew up in the Great Plains of Nebraska and Oklahoma. After receiving her masters of theological studies at Harvard Divinity School, her writing became focused on the confluence of relationship to place with experiences of the sacred. She previously worked as a staff writer and editor for Emergence Magazine, an online and print publication exploring the intersection of culture, ecology, and spirituality. Her writing can be found in The Atlantic, Nautilus, Terrain.org, The Common, Decor Maine, From the Ground Up, the edited poetry collection Writing the Land, and in Katie Holten's The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape. She works as Executive Director of Vermont Interfaith Power & Light and lives with her family in Rochester, Vermont.
