Support SOU's Annual Spring Powwow, a community celebration of Indigenous cultures organized by the SOU Native American Student Union!

The Native American Student Union (NASU) at Southern Oregon University (SOU) assists American Indian, Alaskan Natives, and Indigenous Peoples in maintaining cultural values while pursuing their educational goals. NASU emphasizes the support of, the safety of, and the educational success of the Native American community. The Native American Student Union (NASU) provides a respectful and welcoming space for Indigenous peoples and allies of the Rogue Valley (and beyond!) to create, plan, and learn as a community. NASU at SOU puts on annual events that bring culture into the spotlight, and consistently provides support to the students they serve. They provide their members with the space to be in touch and in love with their culture.

Funds will be used to support the annual SOU Spring Powwow. NASU's Spring Powwow is the largest event on SOU's campus and serves hundreds of people annually, Native and non-Native alike.

SMART Reading is a children’s literacy nonprofit that serves kids in Oregon’s highest-need schools and marginalized communities with two ingredients critical for literacy and learning success: shared reading time and books to keep.

SMART Reading’s mission is to spark joy and opportunity through the magic of a shared book. Their vision is an Oregon where all children can realize their full potential through reading. Founded in 1992, the program combines early childhood reading support, adult mentorship, book ownership, and community engagement to positively impact literacy outcomes. SMART Reading provides a meaningful way for Oregonians to make a direct impact in their communities.

Reading matters. It’s an early gateway skill that paves the pathway for future success. Without it, kids are simply less likely to graduate high school, find employment, or successfully avoid hardships like poverty, homelessness, hunger, and other injustices. Lower literacy rates don’t just hurt individual children; they hurt us all. They impact the future health and prosperity of Oregon. They add strain on social and health services, impede our economic growth, and weaken our workforce. SMART Reading’s founders understood this when they grew a grassroots nonprofit focused on children’s literacy. They understood that literacy is not just our education system’s challenge, but one for local communities, businesses, foundations, congregations, and neighbors.

Funds will be used to buy books, ensure the safety of children and volunteers through background checks, train SMART Reading Site Coordinators and Readers, and purchase supplies for programs.

Round up in January to support bird and habitat conservation! Klamath Bird Observatory is advancing bird and habitat conservation through science, education, and partnerships.

KBO achieves bird conservation in the Pacific Northwest and throughout the ranges of our migratory birds. Emphasizing high-caliber science and the role of birds as indicators, they inform and improve natural resource management. Recognizing that conservation occurs across many fronts, they also nurture an environmental ethic through community outreach and education. They owe their success to committed donors, volunteers, staff, and partners who demonstrate that each of us can contribute to a legacy of abundant bird populations and healthy land, air, and water. Since birds serve as the “canary in the coal mine” (we have lost one in four birds since 1970), this research is extremely valuable in making conservation policy decisions in this era of climate change.

In addition to scientific research and community science, KBO also emphasizes community education. They provide free bird walks and talks throughout the year, which connect people to nature, provide relaxation and educate participants about our environment and birds. They strive to include our valley's varied populations, including the Spanish-speaking population, through a special project called Bird Conmigo.

KBO’s Bird Conmigo is a community outreach project focused on serving the BIPOC community of the Rogue Valley. This project consists of free bilingual (Spanish/English) educational bird walks in Medford city parks open to any community member. The project includes the valley’s first bilingual bird brochure produced by KBO. Bird watching is a great meditative tool that can reduce stress and blood pressure. To this end, KBO supports the involvement of everyone in bird watching and habitat conservation to improve the health of our community. Birds are also indicators of environmental health, and KBO strives to improve the health of our environment directly through public outreach, education, and research. Positive Change funds will be used for bilingual outreach materials and staff time on the Bird Conmigo project.

Round up in December to support the only Meals on Wheels program serving Jackson and Josephine counties! Food & Friends delivers meals to older adults who are unable to shop or prepare meals, while also providing vital social contact and a regular safety check for recipients.

Food & Friends strives to cultivate an equitable approach to improving the health, well-being and independence of older adults and adults with disabilities through nutrition services, meaningful social connections, and opportunities for education. They deliver meals to the homes of older adults who are unable to shop or prepare meals due to illness, injury, or disability. Meals are also available for eligible adults with disabilities.

Their volunteer drivers deliver more than 16,000 meals each month to individuals living independently at home, who, for health reasons, cannot make their own meals. An additional 3,000 meals are served each month at their 10 congregate senior dining sites with the help of our volunteers. Food & Friends typically serves over 235,000 meals to approximately 3,000 people in Jackson and Josephine Counties each year. Positive Change funds will be used to provide Meals on Wheels for local seniors who are home-bound due to age, infirmity, or frailty.

Maslow Project provides basic needs and support for youth and families experiencing homelessness in the Rogue Valley. They empower homeless youth to thrive independently through supports that stabilize and engage in all aspects of life.

Maslow Project’s mission is to offer every homeless child and youth the probability of success and the opportunity for a better life. They do this by providing resources for basic needs, removing barriers to education and employment, and fostering self-sufficiency in a collaborative and empowering environment. Maslow Project services have a wrap-around approach, including: Essential/Emergency Needs and Safety-Net Services; Street Outreach; Family and Youth Advocacy; Case Management; and Enrichment/Harm Reduction Opportunities. 

Their overarching goal is to bring stability into the lives of the homeless youth they serve, so they are able to remain in school, graduate from high school, and transition safely and successfully into adulthood. Maslow Project’s early interventions also have a strong preventative element. By addressing adverse childhood experiences as quickly as possible, they can mitigate the effects of those experiences and prevent the long-term impacts that they can have on the physical, mental, and behavioral health of the youth experiencing homelessness.

In 2021, Maslow Project successfully served 2,700 individuals, provided ongoing case management to 459 individuals, helped 170 fire effected families, provided 1,966 emergency hotel stays, and of their case managed youth, they had a graduation rate of 88% – three times the national average of homeless youth! Maslow Project serves Jackson and Josephine counties with one resource center in Medford and one in Grants Pass.

Positive Change funds will provide Maslow Project’s clients with the foundational basic needs. Providing items like clothing, food, school supplies, shelter, and other basic needs allows clients to focus on the more impactful goals they want to achieve like education or career goals.

October is National Co-op Month and we’re creating Positive Change for our Cooperative Community Fund (MCCF). In honor of Co-op Month, Organic Valley and Equal Exchange will match your October Positive Change donations to the Cooperative Community Fund up to $500, with an additional $500 match from MFC!

Not only does our Cooperative Community Fund help grow cooperative businesses (like food co-ops and credit unions) across the United States, it also gives back to local non-profits working on issues related to sustainable agriculture and organic food, hunger and social issues, environmental protection, and/or cooperatives. Our Board of Directors selects one Positive Change recipient annually to receive an additional grant from the Cooperative Community Fund.

To learn more about the Medford Food Co-op Cooperative Community Fund (MCCF) and how our owners contribute, click the button below.

Round up this May to help support regenerative agricultural practices! Our Family Farms educates and inspires farmers, policy makers and the community at large to support regenerative agricultural practices.

Our Family Farms is a small volunteer led non profit with the capacity to perform large tasks that create transformational change. Our Family Farms envisions a thriving, sustainable food and agricultural system with seed diversity and farmable land for generations to come. They educate and inspire farmers, policy makers and the community at large to support regenerative agricultural practices. Our Family Farms is committed to protecting traditional GMO free seeds and the farmers growing them by creating GMO free Seed Sanctuaries.

Prior to being a nonprofit organization, Our Family Farms was a farmer led political action committee with the goal of protecting our family farms from GMO crops. A critical first step in this effort was the passage of the Family Farms Measure 15-119 on May 20, 2014. The community voted in favor of the Measure by 66% of voters! This Measure laid the groundwork for creating a GMO free seed sanctuary in Jackson County, which is a world class seed growing region. When a lawsuit was filed shortly after the campaign, they helped defend the Measure in federal court and won again!

Our Family Farms will use the Positive Change funds to host a Seed to Supper farm tour. The community will engage and learn more about the ins and outs of the methods used by Medford Food Co-op farmers to grow and source seeds that feed the GMO free Jackson County community. Regenerative farming techniques used to mitigate climate and drought issues will also be discussed.

Round up this April to help conserve the bees! The Bee Girl Organization (BGO) aims to conserve our bees by regenerating bee habitat and inviting people to fully understand the importance of bees to our food system and wild landscapes.

The Bee Girl Organization’s mission is to educate and inspire communities to conserve bees, their flowers, and our countryside. The key to bee survival is nutritionally dense floral landscapes created with regenerative methods. Regenerative agriculture reduces and eliminates the need for pesticides and creates healthy soil for a diversity of flowers to thrive in.

Funds will be used to support ongoing work. BGO’s method to ensure bee health through propagating a diversity of specific bee-friendly flowers is embedded in the regenerative agriculture movement through their “Regenerative Bee Pasture” project. BGO will continue to listen to the bees through the data they gather that points toward improved seed mixes and farming techniques and they will continue to listen to what the farming and ranching community needs and what they are excited to give, to create healthier spaces for our bees, people, and planet.

Round up this March to support community members fleeing violence! The Community Works Dunn House Shelter provides the only place in our community for victims fleeing violence to go immediately for safe housing. The Dunn House Shelter serves over 250 survivors annually – 65% of those are children.

Community Works brings hope, support, and empowerment to those impacted by violence. They provide safe housing, 24/7 crisis intervention, support groups, and ongoing outreach services.

Funds will be used to support the basic needs of Dunn House Shelter residents. Without access to these basic needs, it is nearly impossible for someone to focus on their healing and the support being offered at the Dunn House, and without access to vital needs it is nearly impossible for someone to become self-sustaining and move from the Dunn House into more stable housing.

The Dunn House Shelter has been providing emergency housing since the 1970’s. Staff provide 24/7 wraparound supportive advocacy services to those fleeing domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking. Community Works is the only agency in Jackson county that provides these services. Previous Positive Change funds were used to help build fencing and a laundry facility for Community Works transitional living apartment units.

Round up this February to help provide food for hungry neighbors! The Medford Food Project is an innovative way to fight hunger in our community.  You want to help, and they make it easy to work together to fight hunger and strengthen our community with their green bag program.

Every two months — on the second Saturday of every even month — Medford Food Project’s 185 Neighborhood Coordinators pick up bags of healthy nonperishable food that 2,800 neighbors food donors leave outside their front doors. They leave empty green bags for next time and take all the donations to local food banks. It’s that easy! In 2021, Medford Food Project collected over 220,000 pounds of food, equivalent to 176,692 meals.

The Medford Food Project has three main goals: to provide a regular supply of food to hungry neighbors; to create new neighborhood connections and strengthen the community; and to serve as a model for other communities. They are the largest grassroots all volunteer organization in Jackson County.  Year round they work to combat food insecurity in our community and the Student Hunger Strike Force program has proven to be a significant benefit to their mission while providing the students with meaningful volunteer opportunities.

Funds will support the Medford Food Project’s student program: the Student Hunger Strike Force (SHSF). The SHSF works with students from several Jackson County high schools to provide a meaningful volunteer opportunity that fits into their schedules and service hour requirements and provides a valuable resource to the Food Project. During the school year, students work with the Food Project to do ongoing food drives, and/or sign-up new food donors for the MFP. This helps keep donor levels from declining through attrition. The program teaches students important leadership and communication skills and empowers them to make a real difference in their communities, while also providing a meaningful credit for their college applications and resumes.

Round up this January to help provide equal access to justice! The Immigration Law Project at the Center for NonProfit Legal Services provides equal access to justice, as well as safety, security and services for immigrant youth and children living here in the Rogue Valley.

The Center for NonProfit Legal Services mission is to secure justice for, and protect the rights of needy persons residing in Jackson County so that such persons shall not by reason of being in financial need, be denied equal protection under the law. The Immigration Law Project at CNPLS assists Rogue Valley residents with applications for citizenship, legal permanent residency, DACA, and other family-based applications. They prioritize families and individuals experiencing violence and unsafe living situations, and a recent influx of children and youth has expanded their work to include additional services for these most vulnerable populations.

There is an emergent need to support children and youth in Jackson County who have arrived in the United States as asylum applicants with their families, as vulnerable youth, or as unaccompanied minors. According to statistics gathered by human rights organizations, this is a troubling new trend. The number of children making the treacherous journey alone and unaccompanied, has doubled each year since 2011. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says children leaving Central America are doing so for varied reasons, including violence and persecution, and expresses concern for children who may face harm if returned home. Children fleeing violence should be able to tell their stories and have continued access to asylum procedures in the United States.

The Immigration Law Project at CNPLS already has a high caseload assisting adult and minor survivors of crime, and so the Positive Change funds will assist with an expanded program to include helping unaccompanied minors and vulnerable youth to make sure that these young immigrants are safe in the United States. This entails filing guardianship applications, dependency petitions, and immigration applications. It is the duty of CNPLS to provide equal access to justice for these children and vulnerable youth, who have no other recourse.

Round up this December to provide affordable housing for fire survivors! Habitat for Humanity is working with local community partners on the rebuilding process from the wildfires in 2020. New homes will be constructed and sold with affordable mortgages to fire victims.

The Rogue Valley affiliate of Habitat for Humanity serves Jackson County, and provides an opportunity for affordable homeownership through newly constructed homes, as well as renovations. Qualified applicants must be low income and have a substantial need for housing, as well as have a documented ability to repay a mortgage. In addition, the organization provides home repairs for low income home owners, including ramps and disability access.

Funding will be used to purchase construction material for homes to be built within the fire zone of Talent and Phoenix. All repayments from the sale of the home will be used for future projects. The first two Almeda Survivor construction projects began in Talent in 2021 and there will be a continued focus on the area for years to come.

Maslow Project provides basic needs and support for youth and families experiencing homelessness in the Rogue Valley. Maslow Project's vision is that every homeless child has a voice and a choice to shape their dreams.

Maslow Project empowers homeless youth to thrive independently through supports that stabilize and engage in all aspects of life. They provide access to basic needs such as hygiene, food, clothing, as well as advocacy and case management to help navigate housing, mental health, education and other necessary services in our community. Providing the basics helps this vulnerable community focus on achieving their goals.

Positive Change funds will provide Maslow Project’s clients with the foundational basic needs. Providing these items allows them to focus on the more impactful goals they want to achieve like education or career goals. Previous Positive Change funds provided access to food, hygiene, and baby items for those in need, including diapers for babies, food for hungry students, and feminine hygiene products for those in need.

October is National Co-op Month and we’re creating Positive Change for our Cooperative Community Fund (MCCF). In honor of Co-op Month, Organic Valley and Equal Exchange will match your October Positive Change donations to the Cooperative Community Fund up to $500, with an additional $500 match from your very ownd Medford Food Co-op!

Not only does our Cooperative Community Fund help grow cooperative businesses (like food co-ops and credit unions) across the United States, it also gives back to local non-profits working on issues related to sustainable agriculture and organic food, hunger and social issues, environmental protection, and/or cooperatives. Our Board of Directors selects one Positive Change recipient annually to receive an additional grant from the Cooperative Community Fund.

To learn more about the Medford Food Co-op Cooperative Community Fund (MCCF) and how our owners contribute, click the button below.

Round up to educate children about food & agriculture this September! Help educate children about where their food comes from and the connection local agriculture has to the health of individuals, the local economy, and the environment.

Rogue Valley Farm to School educates children about our food system through hands-on farm and garden programs, and by increasing local foods in school meals. They work to inspire an appreciation of local agriculture that improves the economy and environment of our community and the health of its members.

Positive Change funds will be used to support Rogue Valley Farm to School’s school garden program and general operations. Previous Positive Change funds helped support food boxes and garden education programs for the children in Phoenix-Talent School District.

Round up to support family farms this August! Our Family Farms has shifted from leading a successful campaign banning GMO crops from Jackson County to teaching and inspiring farmers, gardeners, and seed savers to use regenerative agricultural practices, connecting the dots between healthy soil, preserving native pollinator habitat and reversing climate change.

Our Family Farms educates and inspires farmers, policy makers and the community at large to support regenerative agricultural practices. They offer educational programs about a variety of topics related to regenerative agriculture, soil health, and how these practices can sequester carbon rather than releasing it in the atmosphere, and can help restore and maintain native pollinator habitat.

Positive Change funds will be used to support the general operations of Our Family Farms, including the educational programs like Weed Control Alternatives to Plastic, Seed Saving, and On-Farm Workshops. Funds received in 2020 were applied to their Farmworker Fire Housing Fund to help displaced farmworkers who lost their homes in the Almeda and Obenchain fires.

Round up to support displaced pets this July! Since 1928, SoHumane (Southern Oregon Humane Society) has been dedicated to improving the lives of pets and people through shelter, care, adoption, and public education programs to promote the compassionate and responsible treatment of animals.

SoHumane’s mission is to improve the lives of pets and people through sustainable education programs, adoption, and spay/neuter. They are a no-kill shelter that allows animals all the time they need to find their forever home. Their goal is to save and find homes for as many animals as possible. In addition to adoption services, SoHumane helps relieve local shelters from overcrowding, and offers harder-to-adopt animals – like seniors and special needs animals, giving them the treatment and time they need.

Positive Change funds will support displaced pets – supplying nutritious well-balanced food, busy buckets, enrichment toys, bedding, and any other items to enhance the animal’s life while waiting for their forever home. Funds will also provide training and treatment for those animals that need a little extra help.

Round up in pursuit of safe homes for local children this June! Your donation will help to train and support new CASAs (Court Appointed Special Advocates) to advocate for local children.

The mission of CASA of Jackson County is to provide specially trained community volunteers to advocate for abused and neglected children in the pursuit of safe and permanent homes. CASA envisions all children and their families living in safety, free of addiction, domestic violence, and poverty so they can engage in our greater community in a healthy way that benefits all.

CASA of Jackson County will use the Positive Change funds to train and support new CASA volunteers to advocate for more than 800 local children annually. Previous Positive Change funds were used to support outreach and training of new volunteer CASAs. CASA had over 250 volunteers in 2020! The average length of service is 48 months and each CASA will serve an average of 3 children each per year. Once they train one CASA, they can serve up to 12 children.

Round up to help save the bees this May! Your donation will support the Bee Girl Organization’s Regenerative Bee Pasture project which is developing a path toward healthier soils, increased pollinator diversity, and more nutrient rich food.

The Bee Girl Organization (BGO) mission is to educate and inspire communities to conserve bees, their flowers, and our countryside. The BGO aims to conserve our bees by educating people, especially kids, on bees’ importance through our programs focused on community classes and events.

The BGO is excited to use the Positive Change funds to specifically support their Regenerative Bee Pasture project through the purchase of tools and seeds. The United States has more acres in pasture than any other land use so determining best management practices that regenerate soil, pollinators and healthy food has far-reaching benefits for a broad range of stakeholders. BGO is already hard at work with local and regional collaborators on this project and are excited to have Diamond Bar Beef testing the outcome of their systems, techniques and tools on part of their grass-fed herd. Through partnership with regional labs including OSU’s Honey Bee Lab, Eastern Washington University’s microbiology lab, and Washington State University’s Bread Lab, they are collecting solid data showing the link between pasture and soil diversity and health. The Positive Change funding received in 2020 contributed to the strong foundation BGO laid for the Regenerative Bee Pasture project, as well as their ability to remain nimble during the pandemic as they transitioned their education and fundraising efforts to online platforms.

KS Wild (The Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center) protects and restores the wild places, clean water and habitat of the Klamath-Siskiyou region. They use community outreach and grassroots advocacy to help protect the wild rivers and ancient forests on more than 8 million acres of public land in our region.

KS Wild’s mission is to protect and restore wild nature in the Klamath-Siskiyou region of southwest Oregon and northwest California. They promote forest and water conservation through community action and science-based policy. They envision a Klamath-Siskiyou region where local communities enjoy healthy wildlands, where clean rivers are teeming with native salmon, and where connected plant and wildlife populations are prepared for climate change.

Positive Change funds will be used in KS Wild’s Forest Watch, Climate, Stewardship, and Riverkeeper programs to conduct community outreach and education in support of clean water and wildlife. Your support will aid our public lands stewardship and citizen watchdog efforts aimed at helping protect and restore the wild places of the Klamath-Siskiyou.

Read our interview with KS Wild in the Spring 2022 issue of the Fresh Press, our quarterly newsletter.

Help provide services, support, and advocacy for children in Jackson County who have experienced abuse or witnessed violent crimes. The Children’s Advocacy Center takes a multidisciplinary approach to meet the needs of children and families in our community by providing a community-based, child-focused center that facilitates a compassionate approach to prevention, treatment, identification, and prosecution of child abuse. They provide forensic interviews, forensic medical evaluations and treatment, therapy services and support, and advocacy for children up to 18 who have experienced abuse or witnessed violent crimes.

Positive Change funds will be used to support direct service programs. All services are provided at no charge to the families. These funds are vital in helping the organization provide safe, comfortable environments and highly skilled staff to serve the children in their programs.

Help community members impacted by violence seek support and empowerment this February! Community Works provides advocacy, shelter, support groups, and housing for those impacted by domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking. They serve over 3,000 adults and children in person every year, in addition to 7,000 people on their crisis line. They provide wraparound supportive services including: safe housing, 24/7 crisis line, and outreach services with staff in 20 different locations in the community. Community Works brings hope, support, and empowerment to those impacted by violence.

Positive Change funds will be used to support the Dunn House Shelter, the only emergency shelter in Jackson County for those fleeing domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or sex trafficking. Over half of those staying in the Dunn House Shelter are children staying with their parent after they have fled abuse. Funds will be used to support their basic needs and provide items to promote self-sustainability for individuals and families to survive and thrive.

Support community members seeking stability and housing this January! Rogue Retreat provides five different levels of housing and shelter to homeless individuals and families that get the out of survival mode and give them a stable foundation. Rogue Retreat oversees 44 apartments, women's and men's recovery homes, the Kelly Shelter (a year round shelter), Hope Village (the first tiny house village in Southern Oregon), and their newest program – the Temporary Urban Campground. Their case management services have grown to include wrap-around supportive services to help participants transition into permanent housing and self-sufficiency. Rogue Retreat believes in giving homeless a hand up on their journey from homelessness to stability.

Rogue Retreat creates opportunities for the homeless to have HOPE through Housing, Opportunities, Purpose, and Education. Positive Change funds will be used to provide meals for residents at the Kelly Shelter and the Temporary Urban Campground.

To learn more about Rogue Retreat and their programs and services, click the button below.

Support fresh food and gardening skills for local families this December! We’re creating Positive Change for the Family Nurturing Center’s Farm & Food Program this holiday season. They provide cooking and gardening skills education and free local produce to families connected with the Family Nurturing Center. They also care for the land at Historic Hanley Farm using low-impact, organic farming practices.

The Family Nurturing Center (FNC) is the Rogue Valley’s Children’s Crisis Relief Nursery. Their mission is “to strengthen families so that children can live safely and develop fully in their parents’ care.” The FNC provides an array of services to support families from therapeutic early childhood education and parent-child mental health, to food and housing assistance and parent mentoring. Their goal is to prevent child maltreatment, break generational patterns of abuse and neglect, reduce the impact of childhood trauma, and support the development of stable, strong families who are able to keep their children safe and thriving at home. The FNC achieves these goals by focusing on the needs of the whole family, and offering the necessary services to keep children safe and families together.

Positive Change funds will be used to support the Farm and Food Program. The Farm and Food Program was designed to provide a supportive, sustainable solution to the food insecurity faced by families participating in Family Nurturing Center services. They address the importance of early childhood nutrition; remove barriers that prevent families from being able to afford local fresh foods; provide social settings for families to prepare and share meals together; and introduce adults and infants alike to the soil, insects, pollinators, old growth sequoia, barn cats, and volunteers that all contribute to the place and production of the FNC farm.

To learn more about the Family Nurturing Center and their programs and services, click the button below.

Support our local food and farming communities this November! We’re creating Positive Change for the Rogue Valley Food System Network (RVFSN) this month.

RVFSN is a collaboration of organizations, agencies, businesses, and individuals committed to working together to create a secure, sustainable food system that is accessible to all. RVFSN believes that good food has the power to foster healthy and happy lives, unify our community and even change the world. RVFSN envisions a Rogue Valley that is celebrated for its healthy, sustainable soil; where everyone producing our food, from field to table, is a thriving participant in our local economy; and where locally grown and produced food is available to all.

To learn more about the Rogue Valley Food System Network and how you can get involved, click the button below.

October is National Co-op Month and we’re creating Positive Change for our Cooperative Community Fund (MCCF). In honor of National Co-op Month, Organic Valley, Frontier Co-op, and Medford Food Co-op will match your Positive Change donations up to $1,000.

Not only does our Cooperative Community Fund help grow cooperative businesses (like food co-ops and credit unions) across the United States, it also gives back to local non-profits working on issues related to sustainable agriculture and organic food, hunger and social issues, environmental protection, and/or cooperatives. Our Board of Directors selects one Positive Change recipient annually to receive an additional grant from the Cooperative Community Fund.

To learn more about the Medford Food Co-op Cooperative Community Fund (MCCF) and how our owners contribute, click the button below.