our story
Mitten Box was an idea we had years ago when I owned a marketing company in Detroit. We represented amazing local companies and I thought it would be wondeful to bring their products to other people who love Michigan.
Life got busier and Mitten Box went on the back burner. We went on to own a local restaurant named after our service dog, Stella, where we sourced from as many Michigan-based companies as possible. Years later, I re-visited the idea of Mitten Box in 2024. But that same year I was diagnosed (again) with breast cancer, and I thought it wasn’t feasible to put myself into yet another family business.
As that first year of treatment went on, I realized I wanted to build yet another amazing company. This time, however, I wanted to do it with my grown children and my husband, AND I wanted to give back to the Michigan cancer community.
Mitten Box was born on Mother's Day, 2025. It is our goal to honor our Michigan farmers, makers and entrepreneurs.
Our family takes great pride in bringing you Mitten State products highlighting the amazing talents, resilience and tastes our state offers. We sample everything and only bring you our very favorites. These are iconic brands you may already love and new ones we hope you will fall in love with!
In honor of my treatment and the treatments and recoveries of so many other men and women with cancer, we also donate a portion of our revenue annually to New Day Foundation for Families. They work across our great state to make cancer treatment easier to bear in very real, tangible ways.
It's like a big Michigan hug!
Love,
Dorothy, Walt, Bob and Marc