Get ready for Wheels for Warmth annual tire donation and sale

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If you are a fan of Wheels for Warmth, this week is your week.

Wheels for Warmth was started in 2005 by now Gov. Phil Scott. People donate old tires, which are recycled for a $5 donation and sold at a tire sale. Proceeds go to a fund that helps people purchase home heating fuel. Capstone Community Action is the group that receives and distributes the funds in central Vermont; BROC Community Action distributes in the Rutland area; and Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity serves the Burlington area.

Sue Minter, executive director of Capstone Community Action in Barre, said the agency looks forward to the event every year because many people in the area rely on it.

“More and more Vermonters on fixed incomes are struggling to make ends meet. I know that because at our food shelf, the demand for food has more than doubled in the last two years,” she said.

Minter said the costs of health care, food, fuel, and housing are all on the rise making it difficult for many to make ends meet.

She recommended people arrive early, as typically there’s a long line leading to the sale beginning in the early morning hours.

According to the program’s page on the Capstone website, since its inception, Wheels for Warmth has raised $720,000, sold 27,000 tires and recycled 53,000 tires.