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Change for our Community

Change for our Community gives shoppers the opportunity to donate their spare change to local organizations every time they shop. In Lawrence, a different organization is featured as the recipient each month. In Kansas City, one organization is selected for the year. One hundred percent of all donations collected go to the organizations. In 2024, we — as a co-op community — raised $67,571.21. Since the program began in January 2014, we have raised over $760,000 for over 70 local nonprofits.

The Change for our Community applications are open October each year.

Kansas City’s 2025 Recipient

Cross-lines Community Outreach

Cross-Lines Community Outreach is a local nonprofit organization that connects individuals and families experiencing poverty in Wyandotte County to hunger relief and housing stabilization services. Cross-Lines operates a Community Market which aims to provide low-income households with nutritious groceries in an effort to combat food insecurity. The Community Market offers a more dignified experience by providing a grocery store-like atmosphere where households can choose the foods most appropriate for their families. By increasing access to healthy foods, the Cross-Lines Community Market decreases hunger and diet-related diseases in Wyandotte County.

Lawrence’s January Recipient

The Lawrence Farmers’ Market

The Lawrence Farmers’ Market is a non-profit farmers’ market with a mission to improve access of local, healthy, affordable foods to everyone in our community, every Saturday, April–November.

As a producer-only farmers’ market, our vendors grow, harvest, raise, and/or craft their items within 50 miles of Lawrence, ensuring you know how your food is grown and reducing your carbon footprint and waste. As the oldest farmers’ market in Kansas, we aim to bring the best quality food and farm products to you in a fun, eclectic, vibrant community atmosphere including kid activities, chef demos, nutrition incentive programs, and more!

Donate to the change program online

Learn more About the application process

How Change Works

There are Four ways to contribute to Change:

Round Up: Round the amount of your order up to the next dollar and the difference will be redirected to this month's Change recipient.
Bag Refunds: Bring your own bag, and the 5¢ bag refund will be redirected to the Change recipient.
Donate online to our current Change for our Community recipient.
Change Jars: Drop your spare change into the jars at our cash registers. (Lawrence location)

Together, we have helped fund a number or worthwhile needs and projects, including:

the purchase of special communication devices for children who do not have a voice or who are delayed in speaking (Tiny K Early Intervention, October 2015)
tuition scholarships for Douglas County children in need (Positive Bright Start, March 2016)
providing for the immediate needs of those seeking shelter, including fresh, healthy food (Willow Domestic Violence Center, May 2016)

The co-op cannot track Round Up donations for tax purposes. Currently our Point of Sale (POS) system only has the capability of retrieving an owner's receipts for the past 90 days. Customers who wish to track are encouraged to use the Round Up total on their receipts provided by the cashier. We will keep this request in mind when evaluating potential POS upgrades.

2025 Change Recipients