By Sue Miyamoto Thanks to the Rotary Club of Essex, we have a fresh supply of masks for our clients! I counted 24 packages of masks on Tuesday! Keep safe and mask up.Read More

By Sue Miyamoto Once a month, two volunteers go to pick up food at an outdoor site for Aunt Dot’s Place. Today, it was 10 degrees at 8:30 am, at the pickup. You know it is cold when you go to sign in for your agency and the pens won’t write. It was worth it,...Read More

By Sue Miyamoto This week, Aunt Dot’s Place received non-perishable food from three groups. Essex Equipment brought in 225 pounds of food, Essex Junction Parks Preschool donated 396 pounds of food, and Sylvan Learning brought in 223 pounds! Thank you so much! Volunteers weighed the food, sorted it, dated it, and quickly got it on...Read More

By Sue Miyamoto Stores, restaurants, and many local businesses of the Essex Experience put out boxes to collect food for Aunt Dot’s Place. Our wonderful community came through again. 333 pounds of food was collected, and one store gave us a check for $115.00! As people shopped local, they also supported people with food insecurity...Read More

By Sue Miyamoto The safety of our volunteers is very important at Aunt Dot’s Place. When you enter Aunt Dot’s Place to volunteer, you take your temperature and answer basic health questions. We have also rearranged some of our workstations so that people don’t work too closely together. We wash our hands, wear masks and...Read More