final voting is CLOSED!
Register Round-Up (24–25)
WHAT IS REGISTER ROUND-UP?
By simply rounding their grocery bill to the next dollar, Portland Food Co-op shoppers have raised over $220,000 for nonprofits across the community through the Register Round-Up Program.
With a monthly rotating roster, 100% of all Round-Up donations go directly to a community-based nonprofit selected annually by our Member-Owners. From providing access to resources for immigrants during their transition into Greater Portland to supporting the local creative economy, Register Round-Up is another commitment the Co-op has made to serve better the community it calls home.
Final Voting
We’re proud to present the nominated finalists for your consideration! Thank you for supporting all of these fantastic local organizations. For 2024–2025, we will benefit twelve (12) non-profits, rotating monthly. Ten (10) organizations will be picked by Co-op Member-Owners, with two (2) organizations chosen by the Co-op for special partnerships.
Final voting is open until Sunday, May 19th, 2024 at midnight. The top ten (10) organizations with the most votes will be chosen as our Register Round-Up partners for the 2024-2025 period.
This is exclusive to Member-Owners in good standing. Only one (1) ballot may be cast per Member-Owner. You will need your Member-Owner number; email info@portlandfood.coop to request it or if you have additional questions.
Nominees
Maine Needs (website)
Maine Needs strives to help individuals and families in Maine meet their basic, material needs by providing donated clothing, hygiene products, household items, and other necessities.
Mechanics' Hall (WEBSITE)
Mechanics’ Hall is committed to the innovative vision of our founders: to make knowledge, ideas, and arts accessible. We engage our community through cultural events, educational programs, and affordable instruction.
Milestone Recovery (WEBSITE)
The mission of Milestone Recovery is to provide compassionate care and services to empower individuals experiencing substance use disorders, mental illnesses and homelessness to attain an enhanced quality of life regardless of ability to pay.
People’s Inclusive Welding (WEBSITE)
People's Inclusive Welding offers a safe and supportive environment for underserved and underrepresented communities to learn a skilled trade and become empowered blue collar workers.
Portland Firefighter Children’s Burn Foundation (WEBSITE)
Portland Firefighter Children’s Burn Foundation assists with expenses beyond insurance, home modifications to deal with new limitations, support groups and social events with other burn survivors or family members.
Portland Outright (WEBSITE)
Portland Outright is a youth-led, membership organization building the power of LGBTQ+ young people in Maine (aged 14-25) through intersectional organizing for LGBTQ+, racial, and economic justice.
Portland Parks Conservancy (WEBSITE)
The mission of the Portland Parks Conservancy is to enhance Portland‘s parks and recreational programs by raising philanthropic capital and engaging the community.
Portland Wheelers (WEBSITE)
Portland Wheelers provides experiences for people unable to ride a bike by themselves. Their program gets people outdoors for therapeutic recreation, socialization, and adventure.
Scholarships for Maine Immigrants (WEBSITE)
Scholarships for Maine Immigrants offers scholarships to local immigrants and asylum seekers who are not eligible for Federal aid to help them gain the language and career skills needed to achieve their educational and professional goals.
side x side (WEBSITE)
Side x Side ignites academic excellence in education through comprehensive arts-based programs, bringing critical thinking, creativity, and innovation into the classroom. Through community partnerships Side x Side integrates science, technology, literacy, and the humanities with the arts.
South Portland Food Cupboard (WEBSITE)
The South Portland Food Cupboard is a non-profit, volunteer-based food pantry dedicated to alleviating hunger. The cupboard organizes volunteers who are committed to the acquisition and distribution of food to hungry people throughout South Portland, Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough and surrounding communities.
SPACE (WEBSITE)
SPACE is a multi-disciplinary art center that promotes the arts and humanities through advocacy, programming, commissioning, statewide grantmaking, resource-sharing, and community collaboration.
WMPG (WEBSITE)
WMPG empowers University of Southern Maine students and community members to create diverse, innovative, high quality media, foster the exchange of ideas, and celebrate the many cultures of USM and surrounding communities for broadcast to the world.
Woodfords Family Services (WEBSITE)
Woodfords Family Services is committed to the support and inclusion of people with special needs and their families in Maine communities.
240 strings (website)
240 Strings believes in the transformative power of classical music education. Their mission is to mentor and empower young learners through the beauty and richness of classical music, offering free education, concerts, and community engagement programs.
Agape (WEBSITE)
Agape is focused on fighting the opiate epidemic by spreading awareness in the community and bringing dignity to those who are struggling (or have struggled) with addiction.
Catherine Morrill Day Nursery (website)
Catherine Morrill Day Nursery's mission is to provide quality care to all children in Portland, including ensuring access to quality early childhood education for underserved communities.
ChoralArt (Website)
ChoralArt actively engages and inspires its members and the community we serve through dedication to excellence in performance, innovative artistic collaborations, and stimulating outreach activities.
Cumberland County Food Security Council (website)
The Cumberland County Food Security Council's mission is to initiate and facilitate collaborative action toward a just, resilient, and sustainable food system that ensures equitable access for all people to enough healthy food.
Family Promise (website)
Family Promise’s mission is to help families experiencing homelessness and low-income families achieve sustainable independence through a community-based response.
Food Fork Lab (website)
Food Fork Lab’s mission is to support a just, diverse, and sustainable food economy in Maine, where food entrepreneurs are supported in their quest to produce high quality and sustainable products utilizing locally sourced ingredients.
Frannie Peabody Center (website)
Frannie Peabody Center’s mission is empowering and supporting people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS in Maine through integrative care, education, advocacy, and prevention services,
Friends of Woodfords Corner (website)
Friends of Woodfords Corner is a volunteer-led non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization that works to preserve the diversity and unique history of Woodfords Corner and foster a thriving, welcoming, and sustainable village hub.
HART (Homeless Animal Rescue Team) (website)
HART of Maine’s mission is to provide refuge, comfort, and comprehensive medical attention for all cats that have been surrendered, abandoned, injured, or abused–and to find appropriate community placements for them.
Hope Acts (website)
Hope Acts assists asylum seekers with the intricacies of finding housing, asylum applications, work permits, and other applications.
Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (website)
The Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project helps low income immigrants improve their legal status and works for more just and humane laws and policies affecting immigrants.
In Her Presence (website)
Organized and Led by immigrant women living in Maine, In Her Presence strives to bring together immigrant women from across communities and generations to ensure that Maine’s economic agenda includes the aspirations and needs of immigrant women.
India Street Neighborhood Association (website)
The mission of India Street Neighborhood Association is to support our neighborhood’s residents and businesses in promoting pedestrian safety and beautification while continuing to emphasize the area’s historical significance.
Living Soil Network (website)
Living Soil Network’s mission is to help Maine farmers & gardeners cultivate healthy soil, and spread awareness of how soil ecosystem restoration harmonizes the earth's climate, and all critical biological systems, while providing food, drought, wildfire and flood resilience.