Round Up For Change for your community!

Round up for Change: You can now “Round up” your purchase total to the nearest dollar as a donation to a local community organization at the Brattleboro Food Co-op.

Are you interested in applying to become a Roundup recipient? Click here to go directly to our application.

October 2021 recipient:

Vermont ReLeaf Collective

Round up money collected in

October 2021

will be donated to the Vermont ReLeaf Collective

The Vermont ReLeaf Collective is providing a space for black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC). They are Vermonters who are passionate about our land, environment, agriculture, and food systems and are focused on building community and connecting members to resources, knowledge, and opportunities for joy.

These funds would support Vermont ReLeaf’s community building events. These include community dinners, workshops, skill-shares, retreats, discussion groups, to name a few.

September 2021 recipient:Community Asylum Seekers Project

Round up money collected in

September 2021

will be donated to the Community Asylum Seekers Project

The Community Asylum Seekers Project is a small community-run non-profit that provides basic needs and a supportive community in Windham County for people in the process of seeking asylum in the United States.

Round Up funds will be spent to support CASP’s expenditures on housing and provision of basic needs for asylum-seekers living in or in transit to Windham County, where we work to provide a welcoming network of community support.

August 2021 recipient:

Food Connects

Thank you for “rounding up” $7,382.82 in August 2021,

which was donated to Food Connects Farm to School Program.

Click to read more about Food Connects

July 2021 recipient:

The Root Social Justice Center

Thank you for “rounding up” $7,611.84 in July 2021,

which was donated to The Root Social Justice Center

June 2021 recipient:

Boys & Girls Club of Brattleboro

Thank you for “rounding up” $7938.73 in June 2021,

which was donated to Boys and Girls Club of Brattleboro

May 2021 recipient:

Women's Freedom Center

Women’s Freedom Center

Thank you for “rounding up” $8,221.24 in May 2021,

which was donated to Women’s Freedom Center

April 2021 recipient:

Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center

Thank you for “rounding up” $7,274.42 in April 2021,

which was donated to Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center.

March 2021 recipient:

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St. Brigid’s Kitchen

Thank you for “rounding up” $7,354.83 in March 2021,

which was donated to St. Brigid’s Kitchen.

February 2021 recipient:

Garden Path Elder Living

Thank you for “rounding up” $4628.10 in February 2021,

which was donated to Garden Path Elder Living.

January 2021 recipient:

SUSU CommUNITY Farm

Thank you for “rounding up” $5072.81 in January 2021,

which was donated to: SUSU CommUNITY Farm

December 2020 recipient:

Groundworks Collaborative

Thank you for “rounding up” $5454.10 in December 2020,

which was donated to: Groundworks Collaborative

Click to visit Groundworks Collaborative

Now, when you are purchasing your goods at the Brattleboro Food Co-op, you may choose to “round up” your total to the nearest dollar as a donation to a local community organization.

Each month, we offer support to non-profits to extend our cooperative’s work and meet our Ends Policies.

The goal of Brattleboro Food Co-op’s Round Up program is to raise funds for initiatives in Windham County that work in partnership with us to extend our cooperative’s work and meet our Ends Policies.

The Brattleboro Food Co-op Ends policies are governance policies reflecting Shareholder values and formulated by the Co-op’s Board of Directors. These seven Ends state the purposes of the Brattleboro Food Co-op – what we are trying to accomplish as an organization:

Reasonably priced food and products with an emphasis on healthy, locally grown, organic, and fairly traded goods;
A welcoming community marketplace;
A workplace community where cooperative values are modeled;
A regenerative business that has a net positive environmental impact;
A sustainable local economy;
Relevant information about food and related products, the environment, and the Cooperative Values and Principles;
Reasonable access to participation in the cooperative.

To be considered for this program, a candidate organization must be a tax-exempt non-profit, support community members in Windham County, and have no political or religious affiliations.

Please complete the following web form to apply.

If you are not already familiar with the Co-op’s Ends Policies and Cooperative Principles, please click either/both links to review them before proceeding to the form.

"Round Up for Change" Information

Organization Name *
Organization Address *
Street AddressApt, Suite, Bldg. (optional)CityState / Province / RegionPostal / Zip CodeCountry
Do you have an organization website? Please give us the URL.
Do you have a main Social Media link? Please give us the URL. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc... whichever is your most popular form of pushing out information.
Contact Name *
Contact Telephone *
Contact Email *
Are you a registered non profit/not for profit? *
YesNo
If you answered "yes" above, please provide your EIN number.
Fiscal Sponsor (if applicable)
In a single sentence, please describe organization and why it should be considered for the Round Up for Change program. *
Please explain how work and mission of your organization align with the goals and Ends Policies of the Co-op? *
You can find the BFC Ends Policy here: https://www.brattleborofoodcoop.coop/ends-policies/ Specifically, how would the monies raised through the Co-op's "Round Up for Change" program benefit your work in relation to the Co-op's mission?
How will these funds be spent, or which programs will this donation help fund? *
Is a particular month that would be timely within your development campaign, and why? *
How will you encourage your network to participate by rounding up their purchases at the Brattleboro Food Co-op? *
Our customers will inevitably ask their cashier about your organization. What should they tell them? *
Please describe your organization, and its mission, in one or two quick and concise sentences which will be easily communicated to a customer.
Please use this "File Upload" to give us an example of printed materials that would help our cashiers raise funds for you. *Please use this "File Upload" to send us an example of printed materials you have available to help our cashiers raise funds for you.
Please use this "File Upload" to send us a high resolution logo for your organization. *