Giving is simple. Bring your own bag and receive a poker chip from your cashier. Deposit that poker chip at the Raising the Ante Donation Counter at the front of our store. It’s worth 5 cents to the non-profit of your choice. The Co-op will tally up the poker chips along with the cash donations and write a check to the featured non-profits each month.

By using a reusable bag – rather than a disposable bag – you are doing your part to reduce pollution and litter.

Since the program began in November 2010, Co-op shoppers have saved over 66,000 bags and donated more than $5,000 to charities in the Roanoke Valley.

In February 2012, we’re Raising the Ante for:

American Heart Association

Environment Virginia

Easter Seals Disability Services

Discovery Shop

Previous organization include:

Happy Healthy Cooks

Taubman Museum of Art

United Way of Roanoke Valley

Marginal Arts Festival

Clean Valley Council

Toys for Tots

American Association of University Women

Virginia Conservation Network

Roanoke Valley Greenways

Music Lab at the Jefferson Center

Rebuilding Together

Franklin County Humane Society

Virginia Gentlemen

Literacy Volunteers of Roanoke Valley

CHIP

VA PAWS

Trust House

Opera Roanoke

Roanoke Valley Horse Rescue

RIDE Solutions

Plowshare Peace Center

Virginia Museum of Transportation

Roots and Shoots

Roanoke Area Ministries

Roanoke Wildlife

LEAP

Roanoke Ballet Theatre

Sierra Club

Feeding America

Jefferson Center

Roanoke Community Garden

Habitat for Humanity

SPCA

Roanoke Symphony

Greyhound Rescue

Western VA Land Trust

Rescue Mission

Center in the Square

TAP

VT Earthworks

Angels of Assisi

Roanoke Childrens Theatre

Goodwill

Wasena Seedlings School Garden

Wildlife Care Alliance

The Nsumensa Village Project

Studio Roanoke

Feeding America

League for Animal Protection

The Advancement Foundation

The Arts Council

Science Museum of Western VA

Unbridled Change