Round Up For Change for your community!

Since December of 2020, customers have generously “rounded up” their change for local community organizations. It’s simple. When you are paying for your purchases at our registers, you can “round up” to the nearest dollar as a community contribution to local non-profits. There are two organizations featured each month to give your support to.

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.

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

May 2022 recipients are: River Gallery School/Windham County Safe Place
RIVER GALLERY SCHOOL OF ART For more than 45 years, River Gallery School has been offering workshops, classes, and experiences for everyone who wants to explore their creativity. These funds will be used for their Art for Social Change Program.   Click to read more about River Gallery School of Art	SAFE PLACE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER is a nationally accredited Child Advocacy Center that is dedicated to providing services to both children and adults that have endured physical and/or sexual violence. Funding from this program will help finance some of their programming including a therapeutic group for teenagers.  Click to read more about Windham County Safe Place

Below are the local organizations which have received Round-Up community contributions through this program at the Brattleboro Food Co-op:

Thank you for “Rounding Up” a total of $6,108.78 in January which was split equally between these not-for-profit organizations.
$3,054.39 was donated to the AIDS Project of Southern Vermont. Click to read more about the AIDS Project of Southern Vermont.	$3,054.39 was donated to the Garland School. Click to read more about The Garland School.

	Thank you for “Rounding Up” $7,827.17 in December 2021, which was donated to Project Feed the Thousands. Click here to visit Project Feed the Thousands.
	Thank you for “Rounding Up” $7,428.50 in November 2021, which was donated to the Brattleboro Area Hospice Click here to visit Brattleboro Area Hospice.
	Thank you for “Rounding Up” $6,983.26 in October 2021, which was donated to the Vermont Releaf Collective Click here to visit the Vermont Releaf Collective.
	Thank you for “Rounding Up” $6,959.82 in September 2021, which was donated to the Community Asylum Seekers Project Click here to visit The Community Asylum Seekers Project.
	Thank you for “Rounding Up” $7,382.82  in August 2021, which was donated to Food Connects Farm to School Program. Click here to visit Food Connects.
	Thank you for “Rounding Up” $7,611.84  in July 2021, which was donated to The Root Social Justice Center Click here to visit The Root Social Justice Center.
	Thank you for “Rounding Up” $7938.73  in June 2021, which was donated to the Boys and Girls Club of Brattleboro Click here to visit the Boys & Girls Club of Brattleboro.
	Thank you for “Rounding Up” $8,221.24  in May 2021, which was donated to Women’s Freedom Center Click here to visit the Women’s Freedom Center.
	Thank you for “Rounding Up” $7,274.42  in April 2021, which was donated to Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center. Click here to visit Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center.
	Thank you for “Rounding Up” $7,354.83  in March 2021, which was donated to St. Brigid’s Kitchen. Click here to visit St. Brigid’s Kitchen.
	Thank you for “Rounding Up” $4628.10  in February 2021, which was donated to Garden Path Elder Living. Click here to visit Garden Path Elder Living.
	Thank you for “Rounding Up” $5072.81 in January 2021, which was donated to SUSU CommUNITY Farm Click here to visit SUSU Community Farm.
	Thank you for “Rounding Up” $5454.10 in December 2020, which was donated to Groundworks Collaborative Click here to visit Groundworks Collaborative.

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:

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

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

Please complete this webform to apply.

Follow these links (if you are not already familiar with our policies and principles) to learn about the Co-op’s Ends Policies and our Cooperative Principles before proceeding to the form.

You may also print this application and submit it in-person to Customer Service or mail it to Jon Megas-Russell, 2 Main St, Brattleboro, VT, 05301

Do you have more questions? Contact: Jon at jonmr@brattleborofoodcoop.coop.