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Change for Change

​Each month we collect change (coins) from the offertory baskets and donate it to a local charity. This effort usually brings about $100/month. ​

Previous Beneficiaries of Change for Change

Additional Organizations We Have Donated to include:

  • WE Shelters: Grand Junction's two winter emergency shelters.
  • Restore the Balance, building an alternative to political extremism. Learn more at www.restorethebalance.org.
  • Barkley's Hope, providing 1st vaccinations for at-risk pets as a community outreach free of charge, and raising funds for local veterinarians who provide low cost or free vet services to pets and people in need.​
  • The House, providing homeless youth on the Western Slope with safety through short-term housing programs, warmth, and hope for a new day. Learn more at https://thehousegj.org.​
  • Grand Junction Frozen Hobo Rescue with a mission to provide emergency aid to those in need on the streets of Grand Junction, during the coldest nights of the year
  • RSVP Senior Companions. RSVP works in partnership with local organizations to fill important volunteer needs by recruiting individuals ages 55 and over.
  • Western Slope Center for Children.
  • Bookcliff Middle School’s Outdoor Wilderness Lab (OWL). 
  • OIB which stands for Older Individuals who are Blind. This program provides independent living services to persons age 55 or older and who are blind or visually impaired.
  • Light Up the Night, a campaign that seeks to impart positive social, economic, and environmental change in the developing world by bringing solar lights to families in need. The members are students from Palisade and Fruita High Schools.
  • Faces and Voices exhibit. 
  • MOGII - Western Slope Pride. MOGII (Marginalized Orientations, Gender Identities, Intersex) Western Slope Pride is a resource for Youth and their allies, to find educational resources, support groups, and the acceptance of others who are exploring their own identities. 
  • Heartbeat of Grand Junction,  peer support offering empathy, encouragement and direction following the suicide of a loved one.
  • Grand Valley Pets Alive, a nonprofit that helps reduce the overpopulation of unwanted cats and dogs in the Grand Valley.
  • Grand Junction Pay it Forward 365. This organization strives to promote and share all things GOOD! What did you do today to Pay It Forward?? ​​
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