“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower” (Albert Camus). I love the beauty of this season, and I treasure each glorious day, knowing that cold weather is on its way, and with it the holiday season. At Aunt Dot’s Place, we are asking for donations of holiday food supplies. Though we...Read More

On Saturday, two volunteers from Aunt Dot’s Place went to Albert D. Lawton School (ADL) in Essex Junction, where volunteers for “Feed My Starving Children Mobile Pack, were packing nutritionally complete meals specifically formulated for malnourished children. Many of these volunteers also brought food to donate to Aunt Dot’s Place. They donated 157 pounds of...Read More

If you have grown up middle class, if you are married with two jobs and good health insurance, you live in a bubble where you have a job, where you pay your bills on time, where you don’t have to worry about spending too much money for groceries or stay up at night wondering how...Read More

Have you ever wondered how Aunt Dot’s Place can keep the doors open and our shelves stocked with food for our neighbors who struggle with food insecurity? Since money doesn’t grow on trees, how do we do it? The answer is constant fundraising and generous donations.Aunt Dot’s garage sale happened because people give items for...Read More

We received over 600 pounds of produce from Trader Joe’s and we were running out of refrigerator space to store it at Aunt Dot’s Place. So naturally, we decided to share our resources with others. We gave Cheryl Grundon of the Cambridge Food Shelf several boxes of veggies. Then a volunteer called the Milton Food...Read More