Change for Change Program!


Here's how it works...

Each time you shop at River Valley Co-op, a friendly co-op cashier will ask if you'd like to donate to Change for Change. This rounds your bill to the nearest dollar, with all of the change going to one organization in our community each month.

 

 

LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR RECIPIENTS:

May Change for Change Recipient: Springfield Honors Academy Bicycle Cooperative Program

Although Springfield has over 155,000 residents, there is not a single brick-and-mortar bicycle shop in the city. Given that bicycles offer exercise, recreation, and transportation for students and their families, this poses a series of problems...

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April Change for Change Recipient: Co+op Forest

In collaboration with the PUR Project, we are working to offset our carbon emissions by purchasing trees to be planted in the Co+op Forest, a previously deforested region located in the Peruvian Amazon...

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March's Change for Change Recipient: Treehouse Foundation

Treehouse promotes public investment in our most vulnerable children. They inspire, implement and support innovative child welfare practices to ensure children who experience foster care find forever families and supportive communities,
empowering them to lead fulfilling, productive lives.

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February's Change for Change Recipient: The Sojourner Truth School for Social Change Leadership

The Sojourner Truth School for Social Change Leadership prepares social change leaders to win movement struggles and chart a course towards a better future. 

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January's Change for Change Recipient: Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture [CISA]

CISA strengthens farms and engages the community to build the local economy. They began their work over 25 years ago, and thousands of people in our region have contributed to its success and impact.

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