The Positive Change program raises money for local non-profit organizations working to better our community. We believe in the power of change and the power of community – Positive Change combines these two beliefs into one powerful program. The Positive Change program is one of the many ways the Co-op fulfills the seventh cooperative principle: Concern for Community.
Next time you check out, say “I’d like to round-up for Positive Change,” and we’ll round-up the total of your purchase to the nearest dollar, or you can donate any desired amount. Each month, the selected non-profit organization receives 100% of the donated funds, plus an additional mini grant from the Co-op (currently $400 each month). Annually, the Board of Directors selects one Positive Change recipient to receive an additional grant from our Cooperative Community Fund. Thank you for contributing to positive change and making a difference in our community!
Bee Regenerative
Round up this November to support the bees! Bee Regenerative is a grassroots female-led nonprofit whose mission is centered on bee habitat conservation through research, regeneration, art, & education.
Bee Regenerative is a “Bee Girl” co-brand. While founder, Sarah Red-Laird (aka Bee Girl), is still the lead worker bee, this work has expanded out of the hive and into a field full of a number of worker bees supporting the mission and vision. Bee Regenerative staff and contractors work shoulder-to-shoulder with ranchers and wine makers, universities, government entities, policy makers, and partner nonprofits to understand and address issues in agriculture that affect bees, and to create collaborative win-win solutions for bees and producers. Bee Regenerative's fieldwork takes them outside of the Rogue Valley, but their HQ has been here since 2011, and the majority of their community and educational events remain rooted here in Southern Oregon.
Bee Regenerative works with agricultural producers to plant and preserve flowers for bees on thousands of acres across the West. Bee Regenerative is working on conservation, research, education, and art projects from the Siskiyou Mountains of Oregon, through the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the Northern Prairie, and into the Great Plains. Though their roots are in beekeeping, their current work has also led them into regenerative agriculture, native bee conservation, and wildlife coexistence.
Bee Regenerative conducts research and collects data on floral communities, bee species abundance and diversity, floral community change over time, bee community change over time, soil health, land use and stockmanship practices. They educate community stakeholders like farmers, ranchers, vineyard managers, policy makers, kids, and the general public on their discoveries through one-on-one kitchen table meetings, one-on-one and small group pasture, vineyard, and farm walks, large public speaking and educational events, and digital media. Education creates opportunities for stakeholders to make different choices, invest in new ideas, and try new approaches towards their individual impact on climate change, ecosystem services, and carbon sequestration.
Funds will be used to support ongoing programs, including: Bison & Bee Habitat Project, Coexistence & Bee Habitat Regeneration in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Bee Friendly Vineyards, Bee Habitat in Cyanotype, Bee Hopeful, and Bee Girl Honey.
We turn spare change into Positive Change for local non-profits.
The Positive Change program is for organizations seeking direct financial support. Positive Change recipients for 2025 were selected by our owners in the 2024 Annual Election, and the application period for the 2026 program concluded on January 31st. If your organization would like to be notified when the 2027 application is made available in autumn of 2025, please let us know.
If you are seeking a food or gift card donation, please complete our Donation Request Form.
Spare change really adds up.
A few cents here and there add up to big impacts for our local non-profits.