BriarPatch Food Co-op

One or two 15% discount(s) will be applied to your owner account and ready for you to use based on the hours you volunteered the previous month.

No. PatchWorks exists to create active, sustained volunteerism for our Nonprofit Neighbors. Volunteers are not required to work the six hours a month, but they do need to remain active consistently throughout the year.

Our PatchWorks Nonprofit Neighbors are trained on a professional volunteer management software and will log your hours each time you work a volunteer shift. BriarPatch staff will process hours and issue the discount coupons in the beginning of the following month with a buffer of 7 days from the 1st of the month.

To earn the one-time discounted shopping trip, PatchWorks Volunteers must volunteer at a qualified PatchWorks Nonprofit Neighbor organization. PatchWorks Nonprofit Neighbors are selected because they closely align with BriarPatch’s Ends Policies and the 7th Cooperative Principle, Concern for Community.

Yes! As long as the nonprofits you volunteer for are approved PatchWorks Nonprofit Neighbors, you can spread your hours out across multiple organizations.

BriarPatch Food Co-op invites a small number of nonprofit organizations to participate in the PatchWorks volunteer program as a qualified Nonprofit Neighbor. If you are interested in receiving an application for consideration of future participation, please contact us at community@briarpatch.coop

Please call the registration line at (530) 272-CO-OP (2667) x145 to request a physical application.

For the Customer Service Desk to concentrate on the many needs of Co-op shoppers, we respectfully request you call our Community Engagement Coordinator at (530) 272-CO-OP (2667) x145 or fill out the Volunteer Application on our website. Interested Nonprofit Neighbors may contact the Community Engagement Coordinator directly.