The Co-op Food Stores of New Hampshire and Vermont

added 01/01/12

Support Willing Hands whenever you shop!

Willing Hands Enterprises is the brainchild of a former Co-op employee who saw Upper Valley people in need of food and knew the Co-op had excess produce that was going to waste. With support from the Co-op, in 2004, he began to personally distribute those fresh fruits and vegetables to local human services organizations.

Service Areas

Today, Willing Hands drivers pick up excess food from many local donors including grocers, farmers, and bakers and deliver it to over 40 service organizations including senior centers, food shelves, community meals, rehabilitation programs, and subsidized housing. In addition to the immediate area around Hanover and Lebanon, some of the towns they visit include Windsor, Springfield, Orford, West Fairlee, South Royalton, Sharon, Cornish, and Claremont.

Serving People in Need

Willing Hands provides this service seven days a week, all year round, free of charge, delivering two to three tons of healthy food daily. Because these fresh produce items are often unfamiliar to the recipients, Willing Hands volunteers also provide recipes, cooking help, and other types of information that promote healthy eating and wellness among the people they serve.

How You Can Help:

• Make a cash contribution at the registers when you shop at any Co-op location during January.
• Call the organization at (802) 698-0265.
• Learn more by visiting the Willing Hands website at www.willinghands.org.

Be a Co-op Community Partner!

Started in 2002, the Co-op Community Partner program has given tens of thousands of dollars to local non-profits over the years and has proven so successful that it has created a waiting list of worthy organizations spreading into 2016.

Our Community Partner program offers an opportunity for Co-op shoppers to donate at the registers to a local non-profit organization each month. Ninety percent of all donations go directly to the Partner of the Month. Ten percent goes to the Hanover Cooperative Community Fund, the Co-op’s charitable foundation

Want to become a Co-op Community Partner?
Email comment@coopfoodstore.com or call Ken Davis at 603-640-6544.