2025 Change! for our Community
Your 2025 CHANGE! FOR OUr Community recipients
We’ve selected the 2025 recipients of Change! for our Community. Organizations are encouraged to apply annually, and a committee made up of co-op board and staff members selects the recipients for the following year in the month of December. This program gives shoppers the opportunity to ‘round up’ their change and donate to incredible organizations doing great work in our community. Congrats to the organizations chosen for 2025:
January 2025
Roanoke Diversity Center
Funds will support the center and RDC’s ability to continue to offer free programs, library, support groups, and social events throughout the year.
February
Woodrow Wilson Middle FBLA
Funds will be used to help pay for Woodrow’s FBLA trip to California to compete in Nationals in June 2025.
March
Appalachian Trail Conservancy
Funds will support ATC’s local efforts to maintain a quality trail experience along the beloved section of AT known as the “triple crown” - McAfee Knob, Dragons Tooth, and Tinker Cliffs.
April
CASA of Children's Trust
Funds will be used for recruitment, retention, and recognition efforts for CASA’s volunteer advocates.
May
Feeding America SWVA
Funds will be used to provide food to those in need in Roanoke, VA.
June
The Wild Way
Funds will be used to cover the costs of enrollment for girls from families who request fee waivers or fee reductions. This will help them serve more in-need girls and provide experiences that will help them grow into confident and capable young women.
July
PORCH Roanoke
Funds raised will help PORCH’s efforts to support the West End Center for Youth by providing snacks for their after-school program.
August
Why Not Workshop
Funds will be used for startup costs including acquiring a small van or bus to allow Why Not to bring their mobile services to neighborhoods, churches and other organizations in need.
September
Blue Ridge Literacy
Funds will be used to the support the continuation of Blue Ridge Literacy’s affordable Leveled English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) programs.
October
Roanoke Ballet Theatre
Funds raised will help needs-based scholarships students in Roanoke Ballet Theatre’s school.
November
Legal Aid Society of Roanoke Valley
Funds will be used to provide urgently needed legal services such as protective orders to victims of domestic violence.
December
House of Bread
Funds will be used to create and purchase additional materials and supplies and will offset the cost of staffing to run a poverty simulation, an activity created to share the harsh realities of poverty with those who have not experienced the challenges first-hand.
Since October 2013, Change! has raised over $320k for local and national organizations that support our community and our Ends!
