COMMUNITY FUND

BriarPatch Co-op and our community
Will BriarPatch contribute money to community groups this year? Yes. How about next year? Yes. The year after that? Yes. How can we be so sure? Because in 2000 we started a Co-op Community Fund, an endowment from which we collect interest income for donations each year. In five years we've given away $6,200 to 27 groups, from the local food bank to the land trust to a childcare co-op. The donations have been small, $100 to $250 each, but the groups receiving them have expressed much gratitude. Our fund got its start with a $5000 grant from the regional Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation. We matched this and have added over $35,000 from many small fundraisers like raffles, silent auctions, and donation cans at the cash registers. Will we continue to build up our fund so that we can give more support to our community? Definitely!

Grant Recipients 2000-2007

COMMUNITY & SOCIAL ISSUES
Helpline
North San Juan Child Development Center
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Grandmothers for Peace
Search and Rescue Team
Divine Spark
Hospitality House
North San Juan Family Resource Center
Literacy Council of Nevada County
Habitat for Humanity
Sierra Foothill High School local farm project
Community Ctr. Assoc./Adventure Playground
Extreme Leadership
FREED Center for Independent Living
Friendly Visitor Program
Milhous School & Children’s Services
Nevada County Habitat for Humanity
Sequoya Challenge/Independence Trail
Sierra Foothills AIDS Foundation
Sierra Services for the Blind
SPIRIT–Peers for Independence & Recovery
Women of Worth

HUNGER, FOOD & AGRICULTURE
Seed of Life Garden Project
Food Bank of Nevada County
Interfaith Food Ministry
La Leche League
Tuesday Food Fest/Ctr. for Cult. & Nat. Studies

ENVIRONMENT

APPLE-Alliance for a Post Petroleum Local Economy
Wolf Creek Community Alliance
Woolman Semester at Sierra Friends Center
Forest Issues Group
Nevada County Land Trust
Sierra Nevada Deep Ecology Institute

COOPERATIVES
Tall Pines Nursery School Co-op