The Dummerston Community Chest
Contact
dcchest1940@gmail.com

Send checks to:
Community Chest
C/O Libby Lafland
2243 Stickney Brook Road
Dummerston, VT 05301

Board of Directors

In 2020 we raised over $10,000, allowing small grants to:

Alice's Summer Lunch Program
A summer lunch program for Dummerston families in need that provides weekly food boxes.

Brattleboro Memorial Hospital

Dummerston Cares
Compassionate action supporting residents in their health and wellness needs

Dummerston Caring & Sharing
Caring and Sharing is an annual (November) give away of used clothing and household items.

Dummerston Community Center

EPIC Adventure Camp
A nature based exploratory and leadership based camp for both boys and girls ages 8 - 13

Friends of the Library (Dummerston School)

Grace Cottage Hospital

Green Mountain Camp

Lydia Taft Pratt Library

Rescue, Inc.

West Dummerston Volunteer Fire/Rescue

History
Dummerston Community Chest was founded in 1940, near the end of the Great Depression, by Olive Evans and Clifford Emery. In time, most Community Chests merged into regional United Ways. Dummerston Community Chest is one of two community chests remaining in the state of Vermont.