Rounding Up at the Register is a program that gives you the opportunity to give back to your local community every time you shop. You’ll have the option to round up to the nearest dollar when you check out, and the difference will be donated to a local non-profit. (You can opt to donate more*, if you wish!). Every month we’ll donate to a different non-profit at each of our seven locations. Plus, we are matching your donations. Meet our September recipients, below.
COLLEGEVILLE: Cecil and Grace Bean’s Soup Kitchen
Cecil and Grace Bean’s Soup Kitchen serves the food-insecure community of Norristown. Originally the soup kitchen offered one meal per week. Today, 3 hot lunch meals (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday and 2 hot breakfast meals (Saturday and Sunday) are served weekly, feeding nearly 750 individuals. Meals are prepared and served by approximately 350 volunteers. Since its founding in 1979, the soup kitchen has remained in its original location on the St. John’s Episcopal Church property.
DOUGLASSVILLE: GreenAllies at Althouse Arboretum
To empower and support students as they become environmental leaders, GreenAllies gathers students from regional high schools to plan, design, and create the outdoor activity center called Althouse Arboretum. Today the property is managed and run entirely by students, hosts over 17,000 visitors each year and has become nationally recognized as a model for student-led community projects. The students run a summer camp for younger kids, grow organic vegetables for 25 under-served local families, and host events promoting native plants, recycling and more. They’re currently raising funds for GreenCup Café and Learning Center, a community meeting space and student-run café for Arboretum visitors. They envision a world where students lead the way to a more livable future by providing opportunities through service programs that promote a healthier, more sustainable community.
DOWNINGTOWN: Fiorenza’s Food For Friends
F4 is a non-profit organization whose mission is to partner free sources of food to non-profit organizations that feed the food insecure. Their vision is to “Create a World without Hunger.” F4 has connected over 9 million pounds of excess food to nonprofits. While they do not purchase, store, or transport food themselves — they connect food donor partners (markets, food distributors, restaurants, caterers, schools, and many others), without charging fees to non-profits. This helps reduce food waste in the community while feeding neighbors.
KIMBERTON: Phoenixville Free Clinic
Phoenixville Free Clinic (PFC), formerly The Clinic, is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing free medical care to uninsured residents in the Greater Phoenixville area. They offer quality, comprehensive primary and specialty care services, laboratory testing, medications, and diagnostic testing to the uninsured. For over 20 years, PFC has offered more than 175,000 patient visits to those in need. Without these services, many uninsured individuals would have to rely on emergency services for care, often neglecting preventative measures and worsening chronic health conditions. Volunteers, including experts in fields such as cardiology, pediatrics, gynecology, neurology, orthopedics, dermatology, and behavioral health generously donate their time and expertise.
MALVERN: Chester County Beekeepers Association
The Chester County Beekeepers Association serves to assist its 500 members in both the art and science of sustainable beekeeping. This includes sharing effective techniques, coping with problems, meeting challenges, and supporting each other. They aim to educate members about responsible beekeeping practices, encourage compliance with laws pertaining to beekeeping. They also provide outreach in the form of education, workshops, and mentorship to the public about the valuable roll of honeybees in nature and agriculture. The CCBA hosts an annual grant program, where individuals or organizations can request funds to implement a beekeeping or pollinator-friendly project. So far, these grants have helped schools, churches, Girl Scouts, and other organizations to start or grow beekeeping programs, pollinator gardens, and educational resources in their communities throughout Chester County.
OTTSVILLE: Rolling Harvest Food Rescue
Rolling Harvest Food Rescue is a farm-based food rescue organization. They work at the intersection of hunger relief, food waste, and better environmental stewardship by partnering with area farmers to gather their nutritious surplus and distribute to local families struggling with food insecurity. Since 2012, they have rescued and distributed more than 4 million pounds of fresh, healthy produce and proteins with the goal of turning food pantries into farm markets while promoting healthy food access, education, and advocacy.
Wyomissing: Opportunity House
Since 1984, Opportunity House has been changing lives by housing, feeding, educating, employing, and empowering people to stand on their own two feet. Programs include a 24-hour emergency shelter, permanent housing, Second Street Learning Center, and their Re Use Re Cycle Program, which includes the OppShop Thrift Store. In 2022, the Second Street Learning Center served over 207 children, while other programs supported 295 veterans, served 101,583 meals, diverted 1 million pounds of goods from landfills, and served 562 people in their shelter. With nearly 1,000 active volunteers, they’ve empowered people to improve their lives for 40 years and look forward to continuing their mission.
Does your organization make a measurable impact on our local community? To be considered as a recipient of a future donation, please fill out our Rounding Up at the Register Application. Requests for donations made in-store, over social media, or over the phone cannot be accommodated.