Change for our Community
Change for our Community gives shoppers the opportunity to donate their spare change to local organizations every time they shop. One hundred percent of all donations collected go to the organizations. In 2025, we — as a co-op community — raised $65,917. 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 in October each year.
This MontH’s Change Recipient
Just Food
Just Food of Douglas County works to increase food security by providing dignified access to nutritious food and essential resources. Through our choice-based food pantry, partner pantries, mobile distributions, school-based programs, food recovery efforts, community partnerships, cooking classes, community garden and more, we help ensure our neighbors have access to the food they need. Together with volunteers, donors, local businesses and community partners, we’re building a stronger, healthier Douglas County where everyone has a place at the table.
In 2025, Just Food served more than 13,500 shoppers, prepared nearly 75,000 ready-to-eat meals at Chop Shop and distributed 1.7 million pounds of food to Douglas County residents.
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.
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.
Recent Change Partners
After the Harvest
Lawrence Meals on Wheels
Friends of the Kaw
ECKAN Douglas County
Big Brothers Big Sisters
El Centro, Inc.
2026 Change Recipients
January 2026
Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters
February 2026
Ready for Good
March 2026
ECCo
APRIL 2026
Growing Food Growing Health
June 2026
Friends of the Kaw
July 2026
Sunrise Project
AUGUST 2026
Foster Village Northeast KS
September 2026
Cultivate KC
October 2026
Kanbe’s Markets
2025 Change Recipients
January 2025
The Lawrence Farmers’ Market
FEBRUARY 2025
NAACP Lawrence
MARCH 2025
Douglas County CASA
April 2025
Growing Food Growing Health
MAY 2025
The Bert Nash Center
July 2025
Lawrence Arts Center
AUGUST 2025
Literacy KC
SEPTEMBER 2025
Stop Gap, Inc.
October 2025
Kansas Land Trust
November 2025
Lawrence Community Shelter
december 2025
The Giving Tree
Kansas city’s 2025 change recipient
Cross-lines Community Outreach
2024 Change Recipients
January 2024
Native Lands Restoration Collaborative
February 2024
100 Good Women
March 2024
Children’s Learning Center
April 2024
Growing Food Growing Health
May 2024
The Ballard Center
June 2024
Lawrence Habitat for Humanity
August 2024
Lawrence Humane
September 2024
Community Children’s Center
OCTOBER 2024
Children’s Advocacy Center
NOVEMBER 2024
Lawrence Meals on Wheels
December 2024
The Giving Tree
Kansas city’s 2024 change recipient
The Hub Argentine, Inc.
2023 Change Recipients
January 2023
Ready for Good
february 2023
Centro Hispano
March 2023
ECM
April 2023
Growing Food Growing Health
May 2023
The Sexual Trauma & Abuse Care Center
June 2023
KC Farm School at Gibbs Road
July 2023
Friends of the Kaw
august 2023
Sunrise Project
September 2023
Heartland Community Health
OCTOBER 2023
Willow Domestic Violence Center
NOVEMBER 2023
KC Healthy Kids
DECEMBER 2023