The holidays are a time of joy and giving, but for our Local First Alliance members being charitable is a year-round endeavor. Local businesses owners live in our towns and support our communities year-round with their time and financial support.
Please support the businesses that invest in our children, towns, and communities by patronizing Local First Alliance members this holiday season. When you go out to eat, shop for that perfect present, buy for your holiday table, or search your Connecticut River Valley Yellow Pages (also an LFA member), that you ‘think local first’. Our members are taking your money and putting it right back where it belongs – HERE, in our home towns.
Read how our members contribute all year to make the Upper Valley a better place to live, work, and play. Support them and help strengthen our communities and our local economy by shopping local this holiday season.
Co-op Food Stores – 2 tons of food donated each week to Willing Hands as well as support to organizations like Vital Communities, The Upper Valley Haven, LISTEN, and many more.
Mascoma Savings Bank – the bank gives to hundreds of organizations throughout the year through the Mascoma Savings Bank Foundation and Bank Sponsorships. Read More
Chippers – Vital Communities, David’s House Golf Tournament, Friends of Morrill Homestead, Howe Library, Lake Sunapee Region VNA, Marion Cross School PTO, Montshire Museum , New London Barn Playhouse, New Hampshire Humane Society, Northern Stage, Norwich Historical Society, Opera North, Our Lady of the Snows, Pomfret/Teago Volunteer Fire Department, Prosper Valley School, Thompson Senior Center, Woodstock Union High School teams, Upper Valley Haven, Upper Valley Land Trust, VINS, Woodstock Historical Society, Woodstock Recreation Center, Woodstock’s Spectrum Teen Center, Zack’s Place Turkey Trot, Quechee Public Library, Woodstock Chamber of Commerce, Hanover Rotary Club, Health Connection of the Upper Valley, Thompson Senior Center, Change the World Kids, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Greeley House, Hanover High School Project Graduation, Make a Wish Vermont, Thetford Elementary, Woodstock High School Project Graduation, Woodstock Food Shelf.
Great Eastern Radio – Central Vermont Salvation Army, Vital Communities, New Hampshire Food Bank, David’s House and Upper Valley Haven, and Lakes Region Children’s Charities.
King Arthur Flour – Hunger Free Vermont, Vital Communities, Upper Valley Haven, and their Bake For Good: Kids program, Vermont WARMTH (Home fuel heating assistance), Vermont Foodbank, Family Place, David’s House, Helping Hands.
Lake Sunapee Bank – Supporting a wide array of community organizations and initiatives through volunteerism, contributions, and donations, including Operation Backpack, Good Neighbor Health Clinic, Newport Opera House, the Upper Valley Humane Society, and CHaD.
LaValley Building Supply – Northern Stage, David’s House, Upper Valley Haven, Vital Communities
A.B. Gile – Lebanon Opera House, Northern Stage, Colonial Theater. Staff members serve on the board of Visiting Nurse Hospice VNH, Second Growth, and Cedarcrest of Keene. Staff members volunteer for Lebanon High School Hockey, Special Olympics, and Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl
Jake’s Market & Deli and Jake’s Coffee Co. – West Central Services, Special Olympics, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Toys for Tots, Montshire Museum, Kilton Library, Lebanon Opera House, Good Neighbor Health Clinic, David’s House, WISE, AVA Gallery, Skip’s Run, New London Hospital, SPARK Community Center, Zac’s Place, Lebanon CCBA, Karp’s Classic, Visiting Nurse & Hospice for NH & VT, Dartmouth Athletics, Lebanon/Hanover/Hartford/Walpole/Springfield/Andover/New London Schools, Enfield Village Assoc., Upper Valley Haven, Lebanon/Hanover/New London/White River/Bellows Falls Rotary, Friends of Veterans NH & VT, Greeny Golf Tournament, DARE, New England Handicapped Sportsman’s Assoc., Norwich Lyons Club, Local Fire and Police Depts., Upper Valley Trails Alliance
Systems Plus Computers – The CEO volunteers for the Norwich Volunteer Fire Department and supports over 100 local organizations each year.
Ledyard National Bank – The Family Place, The Good Neighbor Health Clinics, The Haven, Lake Sunapee Region VNA & Hospice, and WISE of the Upper Valley
Chase Brook Software – Hanover Conservancy, Hanover Trails Committee, Howe Library, Willing Hands, Hanover Conservancy, Hanover High Field Hockey, Hanover Community Gardens, Hanover Improvement Society, Storrs Pond Recreation Area, Campion Rink, Ford Sayre Memorial Ski Council, Hanover Rotary, Hanover High School Soccer Program
Copeland Furniture Company Store – Montshire Museum, AVA Gallery, Bradford Conservation Commission, Mentoring Project
Dan & Whit’s General Store – The Norwich Lions Club, Hartford/Norwich Basket Helpers, Upper Valley Trails Alliance, Norwich Women’s Club, Upper Valley Trails Alliance, Upper Valley Hostel, Upper Valley Reptile Group, COVER Home Repair, Norwich Child Care Center, WISE, AVA Gallery, Bayada Nurses for Veterans, Hartford Historical Society, Special Needs Support Group, Upper Valley Humane Society, Norwich Library, High Horses, The Upper Valley Haven, White River Junction Rotary, VT Prevent Child Abuse, Alice Peck Day Senior Center, Grass Roots Soccer, Upper Valley Aquatic Center, High Horses, Windsor County Partners, Beaver Meadow & Root Dist. Schoolhouses.
ECFiber – Free upgrades to all schools, public institutions, and libraries in its coverage area.
Energy Emporium – Shaker Bridge Theater, Shaker Museum, Whaleback, The Mascoma Music Performing Arts, Upper Valley Robotics Team #95, the Grasshoppers, Lebanon Opera House.
Got Weeds? – Rural Vermont, NOFA VT, VT Food Atlas, 350 VT, VT Food Bank, Royalton Community Radio, Farm to Ballet, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility, Upper Valley Haven, Vermont Food Bank
Henderson’s Tree Service – Vital Communities
Janson Law Office – Lebanon Opera House, Lebanon Rail Trail, Shaker Bridge Theater, City Center Ballet, Second Growth, NH Charitable Fund, Vital Communities
Long River Gallery – The 19 Days of Lyme – 1% for The Upper Valley Haven
Longacres’ Nursery Center – Wounded Warrior Projects
Molly’s Restaurant & Jesse’s Steak House – The Upper Valley Haven, Upper Valley veterans
Norwich Bookstore – Donates gift certificates and books and cash to numerous organizations and schools throughout the year including Project Graduation in Hanover and Lebanon, Norwich Women’s Club Gala fundraiser, and 1% to the Haven as part of the 19 Days of Norwich, Latham Library, Norwich Public Library, Abbott Memorial Library.
South Royalton Market – Donates about $4,000, including fresh summer produce, to community meals and local organizations in the White River Valley.
Three Tomatoes Trattoria – CHaD, Vital Communities, Montshire Museum, LISTEN, AVA Gallery, Upper Valley Haven, Change the World Kids, Vermont Center for Ecostudies, Lebanon Opera House, Opera North, VINS, Lebanon Farmers’ Market, West Central Behavioral Health Lebanon, Northern Stage
U.K. Architects – Owner is a board member of Plan New Hampshire (a statewide advocate of good planning, design, and responsible developement) and member of the West Wheelock Gateway Committee. Staff member is starting a nonprofit trails advocacy group in Woodstock
Upper Valley Ride – Child and Family Service of the Upper Valley
Von Bargen’s Jewelry – Norwich Women’s Club, Special Needs Support Center, American Heart Go Red for Women, Special Olympics, Northern Stage, Howe Library, AVA Gallery, Upper Valley Haven, Opera North, Montshire Museum, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, March of Dimes, Upper Valley Humane Society, The Family Place
West Lebanon Feed & Supply – Upper Valley Humane Society, VINS, Lacey’s Fund & the VT Police Canine Assoc., Lebanon Varsity Sports, Willing Hands & Share the Harvest, Lucy Mackenzie Humane Society, Watson Upper Valley Dog Park, Shaker Field Dog Park, Local 4-H & GMHA programs, Local Police k-9 training, Local Boy & Girl Scout Troops, Vital Communities
Woodstock Insurance – The Woodstock Sr. Center, The History Center, The Union Arena, The Job Bank, Zach’s Place, Project Graduation
Pentangle Council on the Arts, Billings Farm, Red Cross (promoting blood drives and unload & load the trucks), Glad Rages sale (as member of Rotary for Wassail).
AVA Gallery
Billings Farm & Museum
COVER Home Repair
LISTEN
Northern Stage
North Road Sugar Works
Sustainable Woodstock
Town of Hanover
Vital Communities