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How to Help

Ways to Support Aunt Dot's Place

Make a Financial Donation

Every dollar makes a difference. Give today and help fill the plates of our neighbors facing food insecurity. Donate online at MAKE A DONATION or mail checks to:

Aunt Dot’s Place
PO Box 8216
Essex, Vermont 05451

Aunt Dot’s Place is a nonprofit 501c3 organization. All donations are tax deductible.

Donate Food

Food donations can be dropped off at Aunt Dot’s Place during our operating hours (Tuesday 6-7:30pm, Thursday 9-11am and Saturday 10am-12pm) at 51 Center Road Essex, Vermont.

If you have a large donation from a food drive, please email us at auntdotsplace@gmail.com to arrange a time for drop off.

Aunt Dot’s Place can only accept unopened food items that are within their best by date. Home grown garden vegetables are accepted. We cannot accept home cooked or home processed products.

Host a Food Drive

Organizing a food drive at your business, school or community group is a great way to support Aunt Dot’s Place. A little more than half of the food we distribute comes from donated food. If you would like to host a food drive, email us at auntdotsplace@gmail.com. We can provide ideas and information to help get you started, and coordinate when you will drop off your donation to us.

Thank You!

Aunt Dot's Place would like to thank the following community businesses and organizations for their generous support in 2023. A little more than half the 200,000 pounds of food we distributed in 2023 was donated to us by individuals, community groups and businesses. The other half was made possible thanks to generous financial contributions.
  • Acabay Inc.
  • Analog Devices, Inc.
  • Barnes Moving and Storage
  • beCAUSE Craft Show
  • Bellcate School
  • Bimbo's Bread
  • Blodgett Ovens
  • Box Car Bakery
  • Burlington Bagel
  • Cambridge Market
  • Chelsea Approved
  • Community Bank
  • Costco
  • CTE Engineering Program
  • EJRP Preschool
  • Energy Futures Group
  • Essex/Westford Schools
  • Essex Alliance Church
  • Essex Center United Methodist Church
  • Essex CHIPS
  • Essex Community Health
  • Essex Free Library
  • Essex Middle School
  • Essex Rotary
  • Farrell Distributing
  • Feed My Starving Children
  • Fusion Volleyball
  • Grace United Methodist Church
  • Green Mountain Power
  • Grumpy's Hot Dogs
  • Hannaford
  • Harvestweb Inc.
  • Heartworks Essex Center
  • Heartworks Pinecrest Drive
  • Heck Productions
  • Heco Engineering
  • J. H. Stuart Associates, Inc.
  • Jericho Food Shelf
  • Kofile Preservation
  • L4 Collective - EJ Community Garden
  • Lawrence Family Farms
  • Magic Mann
  • Mark BBQ
  • Matt Lumsden Real Estate
  • MotoMedia Web Design
  • Mountain Trail Crossfit
  • Murray's Tavern
  • National Life
  • NBT Bank
  • Nest Bakery
  • Partners In Adventure
  • Pennywise Foundation
  • Pepperidge Farms
  • Pinecrest Senior Center
  • Pledgeling Foundation
  • Pomerleau Properties, Inc.
  • Poor House Pies
  • Price Chopper
  • River Berry Farms
  • Rotary Club Charities of Essex Vermont
  • SeaComm
  • The Bagel Place
  • The Commons at Essex Way
  • The Crotched Sunflower
  • The Placemat Lady
  • The Vermont Community Foundation
  • Town of Essex 
  • Trader Joe's
  • Twincraft Skincare
  • Uncommon Coffee
  • USPS
  • Vermont Community Garden Network
  • Vermont Country Bunny
  • Vermont Federal Credit Union
  • Vermont Foodbank
  • Vermont Lake Monsters
  • Vermont Smoke & Cure 
  • West Meadow Bakery 

Financial donations can be mailed to:


Aunt Dot’s Place
PO Box 8216
Essex VT 05451


Financial and food donations can be made during our scheduled operating hours:

  • Tuesday 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
  • Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
  • Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.


We welcome all food donations. Please email us (auntdotsplace@gmail.com) to arrange a time to drop off  large food donations. We will be sure to have volunteers available to help receive the delivery.