Amazon.com doesn't give a hoot about the newts, the shelter puppies, your childrens' fundraisers, or whether your mocha is hot enough. It's not collecting sales tax to support your schools and libraries, roads and parks, and is not going to give you a hug when you look like you could use one.  It's not going to support you in your love (or hate) of the Twilight series, and is not going provide you with a forum in which to play your guitar in public for the first time. It's not going to help you find the book about writing with the red cover that you saw over there the other day or the one you heard on VPR by the local guy. Amazon.com doesn't know that you like one Splenda and skim milk in your latte and doesn't care if you have a nice time on your trip to Hawaii.

At Phoenix, we do.  Here are just a few examples:

Phoenix Supports

We have given donations to and/or partnered with these organizations (click on links for more info):

• Alec Grab's Bike Fundraiser for Special Olympics Vermont
  
• American Cancer Society
• The Autism Puzzle Foundation of South Barry
  
• Camp Paw Paw
  
• CLiF:  Children's Literacy Foundation, a nonprofit based in Waterbury.
• COTS:  The Committee on Temporary Shelter (Burlington)
• The Families of Soldiers - Mountain Family Readiness HHC (Jericho)
  
• Five Corners Farmers Market (Essex)
• The Humane Society of Chittenden County (South Burlington)
• Kids on the Block-Vermont (Burlington)
• Laura Kate Winterbottom Memorial Fund of Burlington
  
• MOVE (Mobilizaton of Volunteer Efforts) at St. Michael's College
  
• Partners in Adventure, camps and social programs partnering friends of all abilities, based in Shelburne
• St. Michael's partnership with Habitat for Humanity
• Stern Center for Learning
  
• United Way
• Vermont Children's Hospital
  
• Vermont Lung Center
• VSAC (Vermont Student Assistance Corp.)
• VFW of Essex
• Women Helping Battered Women (Burlington)
  
• A number of local schools, including:  Underhill Central School, Saxon Hill School, Green Mountain Montessori, Jericho Elementary, Essex Middle School, Essex Town Schools PTO, Laurence Barnes PTO, Essex High School, Chittenden East Pre-K program, Fairfield Elementary, Poker Hill School, Red Cedar School, Grand Isle School Calcutta etc.
  In support of such causes as:  Artist in Residence programs, Artisan's auctions, playground renovations, Hoops for Heart, Band Booster, We the People, PTO, staff appreciation, scholarship funds, book fairs, etc.
  

Phoenix Collaborates

Phoenix has hosted events in cooperation with, or sold books at events hosted by, these organizations:

• Burlington Book Festival:  Three days of authorized activity.
• The Champlain Valley Fair (Essex)
• Essex Art League (Essex/Chittenden County area artists)
• The Lake Champlain Committee
• NEFCU:  The New England Federal Credit Union
  
• North Branch Nature Center (Montpelier)

For a listing of the many individual authors and artists we've featured, please visit our Previous Events page.

Phoenix Takes Requests

Are you seeking a donation?  We'll be happy to consider helping; please drop off a request in writing, at least two weeks in advance.  Thank you!  (For directions to our store, click here.)