Each month we take nominations for non-profit organizations to receive donations from our Co-op Green Stamp program. Shoppers receive a green stamp on a card for every shopping bag they bring themselves OR for riding their bikes to the co-op. 10 stamps=$1. Shoppers have the option to donate full cards to the organization of the month, or to redeem them for cash or merchandise. We also collect donations for our recipient of the month in cans near each cash register, and invite the recipient of the month to set up an information table at the co-op during their featured month.
Our co-op green stamp program donations typically go to local non-profits that serve our community in areas such as social justice, education, or environmental protection.
Monthly timeline:
Nominations due by the 20th of each month
Voting completed by the 25th of each month
Donation collections begin on the 1st of each month
NOTE: Only co-op member-owners are eligible to nominate organizations and to vote. One vote per membership.
To nominate your favorite organization, stop by the co-op fill out a nomination form at the Customer Service Desk. Only member-owners are eligible to nominate. If you nominate an organization that is not chosen, you are welcome to re-nominate that organization at a later date by completing another form. An organization that receives winning votes may not be nominated again within 12 months of the month collections are made.
Recipients to date have included:
- The Center for New Americans
- Fertile Ground Farm-to-School Programs
- Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society
- Interfaith Help Fund
- Northampton Survival Center
- RideBuzz
- Safe Passage
- The Garden: A center for grieving children and teens
- CISA (Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture)
- Kestrel Trust
- Friends of Hampshire County Homeless Individuals, Inc.
- Shelter Sunday Coalition
- Food Bank of Western Massachusetts
- Northcountry Co-op Disaster Relief Fund
- New Orleans Food Co-op
