Future Economy Collective is hosting our monthly mutual aid distro on Sunday, April 19th from 2pm-3pm behind the North Main Laundromat at 1003 N. Main St, Blacksburg. Take what you need, leave what you can. Food, toiletries, and household supplies are available at no cost and with no questions asked. Future distros will be held every third Sunday of the month from 2pm-3pm.
We are looking for a new place in town to host a donation box for our mutual aid distros! If you have a business, church, or community center that may be interesting in supporting the community by accepting donations during business hours, please reply to this email!
You can expect future installments of this newsletter once or twice a month, and find more info at our website: FutureEconomyCollective.org
Our free seed library is fully stocked, thanks to a donation from the Montgomery County Master Gardeners. Check out our full selection of seeds, including veggies, flowers, and herbs. These are seeds from last year, so it is recommended to plant twice as many as germination rates will be lower.
The seed library is located next to our community fridge and pantry at Ukirk Ministeries in Blacksburg. See below for a map!
Mutual Aid Distro: Sunday, April 19th. Sort materials from 1pm-1:45pm at the FEC space, then distribute supplies from 2pm-3pm behind the North Main Laundromat at 1003 N. Main St, Blacksburg. Anyone can take what they need and leave what they can.
Weekly Planning Meetings: every Sunday from 3pm-5pm at the FEC Space, 700 N. Main St, Suite E and online through Google meet, found at this link. Anyone interested in being involved with the planning and shaping of FEC is welcome to join.
Support our efforts
We are looking for a new place in town to host a donation box for our mutual aid distros! If you have a business, church, or community center that may be interesting in supporting the community by accepting donations during business hours, please reply to this email!
You can donate goods for Mutual Aid distros by replying to this email. Needed items include cleaning products, toiletries including menstrual products, and non-perishable foods such as peanut butter, canned proteins, pasta, and baby food.
All monetary donations support our day-to-day operations or are invested directly back into the community through our free fridge and mutual aid distros. Everyone at FEC is a volunteer, so no donations go towards salaries. Please consider making one-time or recurring donations through Zeffy (preferred), Patreon, or Paypal.
The Community Fridge and Pantry behind Ukirk Presbyterian Campus Ministry at 305 Washington Street SW in Blacksburg are always open for donations. Make sure to include a full ingredients list on any home-made items, and write the date you added them to the fridge.
Borrow or share tools for free!
Do you have projects and tasks that require tools you don't have, and want to borrow tools for free from your neighbors in the New River Valley? We have launched a virtual tool library in memory of Abram Lee. Anyone in the community can list, share, and borrow tools at no cost. Check out the tool library by clicking here! People who would like to list items can send a photo, item name, and item description to our email [email protected] or [email protected].
Future Economy Collective is a grassroots, community-based, all-volunteer-run, certified 501c3 based in southwest Virginia’s New River Valley.
Our website is futureeconomycollective.org or check out our Linktree
You can reach us by replying to this email or reaching out to [email protected] or [email protected]
The Future Economy Collective Space is located at 700 N. Main St, Suite E, in Blacksburg, VA. It is on the second floor above Mill Mountain Coffee.
