What Happened at the Commitment to Community Fair?
by Orion S, Shareholder Services Admin
On Saturday, June 14th, Brattleboro Food Co-op hosted a Commitment to Community Fair as a way to highlight the wonderful nonprofit organizations we work with as part of our Commitment to Community Program. Four of our over thirty Community Partners joined us for this event.
To help you get to know each of these organizations better, we stopped by each table to ask them “What’s something you wish more people knew about your organization?” And, since we know that one of the most difficult parts of volunteering in the community is knowing where to start, we put together a list of the many ways you can help and how much time each of these organizations ask of their volunteers– starting at only half an hour!
Brattleboro Time Trade
(802) 379-9637
“Everyone’s time is of equal value.” – Elizabeth Kroll
What can I do? “Everyone has something they can offer – going for a walk, offering computer help, calling someone on the phone, playing board games, helping at home, gardening, tutoring, etc.” – Elizabeth Kroll and Kipton Tewksbury
Time Commitment: As much or as little as you can, starting at an hour. When you volunteer hours, you get credits that you can use to get help from others who volunteer at BTT.
Edible Brattleboro
(802) 254-9121
Instagram/Facebook: @ediblebrattleboro
“Everything is free or at a suggested donation.” – Marilyn Chiarello
What can I do? Plant and maintain gardens and greenhouse, help operate the Share the Harvest Stand, help with fundraising, grow extra food in your garden to share, donate garden tools, seeds, and seedlings, and more
Time Commitment: As much or as little as you can, starting at half an hour. Primarily on Saturdays and Sundays.
Brattleboro Kiwanis
Kathy Ellor
(484) 680-9795
brattleborokiwanis.org
“Everything we do is about the children.” – Kathy Ellor and Jim Bellville
What can I do? Brattleboro Kiwanis is a service club that helps implement fundraising and service projects to meet community needs, especially for children
Time Commitment: Meetings on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month from 6-7pm at
1111 Putney Rd, US Rt 5, Brattleboro, VT
Center for Solace (formerly Brattleboro Area Hospice)
Colleen Savage
(802) 257-0775 x109
centerforsolace.org
“We aren’t just a hospice; we also offer bereavement support and we don’t just help people with a six-month diagnosis. We also help people with two year diagnoses – all free of charge.” – Colleen Savage
What can I do? Help offer free services and support to those dealing with serious illness, hospice, and grief. Opportunities include early care and hospice care, bereavement support, singing at the bedsides of the ill or dying, presence at the bedside of a person who is actively dying, and advance care planning*
Time Commitment: Volunteers put in 2-4 hours a week, plus a 10-30 hour training (depending on what you would like to help with) over a course of several weeks.
*Upcoming training to help with advance care planning will be happening on Thursday July 3rd and July 10th. This is a 10 hour training completed over the course of two Thursdays.
About BFC’s Commitment to Community (C2C) Program
Shareholders can submit the hours they’ve volunteered here. As a thank you, we will give a 5% “Working Shareholder” discount to shareholders who volunteer two hours a month.
For a full list of our Commitment to Community Partners, click here.
Have questions about scheduling or submitting volunteer hours? Want to know if your discount is active? Email [email protected] or call (802) 246-2821.
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