Dear Wonderful Volunteers,
I am remembering today the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., who said in 1965, “Let us march on poverty until no American parent has to skip a meal so that their children may eat.” Yet we know from our clients that some of them did skip meals so their children could eat, but thanks to Aunt Dot’s Place, they no longer have to do that. Your volunteering is helping a part of Dr. King’s dream to come true.
At our Annual Meeting, members elected two new board members. Suzanne Lawrence had a career in patient care, research, and facilitated Spinal Cord Injury support groups and Post Covid Syndrome support groups, and Kathy Cheney, is a retired Director of Human Resources, who was also an Interim Director of Finances and a Director of Operations. We are excited to have them join us on the Aunt Dot’s Place board.
Our next step was the election of officers. I nominated Amy Bourdreau to be Board President, and she graciously accepted. Our other officers are Jon Ophardt as Vice President, Aimee Cronin as Secretary and Alice Astarita as Treasurer. Also, I renewed my commitment to being on the board for another two-year term.
I’m delighted to share that Matt and Erica Lumsden of Matt Lumsden Real Estate delivered 1346.2 pounds of food today. Also, a woman walked in today and gave Aunt Dot’s Place a check for $2000.00! An amazing day in the neighborhood!
Here are our November statistics:
Purchased Food (Cost):
| Food Bank | $640 |
| Stores | $9,221 |
| Milk vouchers | $674 |
Purchased Food (Pounds):
| Food Bank | 528 pounds |
| Stores | 4,681 pounds |
| Milk vouchers | 1,161 pounds |
Donations from Organizations (Pounds):
| City of Essex Junction | 221 pounds |
| Community Health Centers | 145 pounds |
| Essex Alliance Church | 1,290 pounds |
| Essex Football | 40 pounds |
| Essex Free Library | 47 pounds |
| Founders Memorial School | 1,241 pounds |
| Grace Methodist | 165 pounds |
| Kinney Drug | 75 pounds |
| Market 32 | 2,302 pounds |
| One Credit Union | 73 pounds |
| Park Street Kuts | 20 pounds |
| Paul Frank & Collins | 65 pounds |
| Pepperidge Farms | 205 pounds |
| Plant Station | 19 pounds |
| Poorhouse Pies | 200 pounds |
| Revision Military | 228 pounds |
| Starbucks | 165 pounds |
| Sweet Spot Dispensary | 146 pounds |
| Timberlane | 41 pounds |
| Town Meadow | 186 pounds |
| UVM Cath Lab | 238 pounds |
| Vermont Food Bank (Free) | 438 pounds |
| Village at Autumn Pond | 79 pounds |
| Whitcomb Woods | 107 pounds |
| Williston Primary Care | 133 pounds |
Donations from Grocery Stores (Pounds):
| Costco | 4,113 pounds |
| Hannaford | 3,380 pounds |
| Trader Joe’s | 1,402 pounds |
Sincerely,
Sue Miyamoto
Board Member