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Table 3.24: Encouraging customer giving — a couple of cases from Minneapolis co-ops<br />

Name What is it? Benefits<br />

Green Patches<br />

(Wedge Community<br />

Co-op)<br />

SEED<br />

(Seward Community<br />

Cooperative)<br />

• shoppers may use their own grocery bags<br />

for a ten cent credit at the registers. They<br />

have the option, which many take, of Wedge<br />

sending this money to good causes<br />

• customers either “round up” their total<br />

purchase amount to the nearest dollar or<br />

specify an amount to add to their grocery<br />

bill. The money raised goes to organizations<br />

that support healthy communities and co-op<br />

ideals.<br />

• Over $17,000 raised this way in 2011<br />

• Benefits several local community gardens and<br />

other green assets<br />

• Raises profile of good causes among members<br />

• Customers donate to a different recipient each<br />

month such as Waite House Neighborhood<br />

Center or Midtown Greenway (bike/jogging<br />

route) Coalition<br />

• Raises some $12,000 a month<br />

• Raises profile of good causes among members<br />

Figure 3.29: Money donated at tills has supported the Coalition that champions Minneapolis’ Mid-town Greenway<br />

(source: Tim Springer, The Greenway Guy)<br />

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