Dear Wonderful Volunteers, Don’t you love all the community support Aunt Dot’s Place receives? Our Milk Matter campaign raised $12,000. Our goal was $10,000!  We’ve received a $20,000 grant from the Hoehl Family Foundation and $20,000 from the Town of Essex. We also received $4500 from 100 Plus Women who Care. The Because Craft Fair brought...Read More

Dear Aunt Dot’s Place Volunteers, Last night at our board meeting, I talked about advocacy which is the act of pleading or arguing in favor of something or someone. As a non-profit organization, we can’t take any part in endorsing a political candidate or get involved in partisan election activities. But there is a lot that...Read More

Dear Volunteers, The weather is warming up, we are approaching a new season, and we continue in our important mission of fighting food insecurity. I’m happy to announce that once more Robert Kurth will be planting a garden for us with money he raised. We will be looking for a small crew to help at...Read More

Dear ADP Volunteers and ADP donors, Every year brings new challenges and changes. Right now, there isa a is a lot of change, at the federallevel. Businesses, the State of Vermont and other states are trying to grapple with the changes in the law, and the impact of tariffs.  ICE officers may come to our...Read More

Dear Volunteers, We’ve had an exciting year at Aunt Dot’s Place. Our Executive Director, Kaki McGeary shared at our annual meeting, on January 15th, that donations are up 12 percent, grant revenue has doubled this year, and we registered 85 new volunteers. Our building was sold, and, as you know, we got to stay!  Our...Read More