Since opening Two Dollar Radio Headquarters in the fall of 2017, we've given back to our community in the following ways.
Vegan Burger Week 2019, benefiting the Children's Hunger Alliance
Sept 23–29, 2019
Coordinated by Columbus Veg Community, the following six vegan Columbus businesses teamed up to provide a week of specialty vegan burgers and a fun raffle while also raising money for the Children’s Hunger Alliance:
Eden Burger — Organic + Plant-Based Vegan Burgers, Fries, and Milkshakes in Columbus, Ohio.
The Little Kitchen Truck — a plant based kitchen on wheels: finding comfort in health food.
Seitan’s Realm — a plant based food truck serving the greater Columbus area.
Can’t Believe It’s Vegan — Vegan food delivery and catering run by Clayton and Kim Freeman on the north side of Columbus.
Village Taco — Family owned & run taco shop serving a locally sourced, fresh & flavorful plant based menu in Alexandria, Ohio, and in popups.
Two Dollar Radio Headquarters — a family-run bookstore and vegan cafe on the south side of Columbus.
Columbus Veg Community (CVC) — an all-volunteer-run 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides social, educational, and activist community events. Our mission is to make learning about, and trying, veganism fun, friendly and accessible through effective altruism.
Children's Hunger Alliance — a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to ending childhood hunger, partnering with organizations throughout Ohio to provide nutritious meals to at-risk children who need them most.
Book donations to The New York Public Library Correctional Services
Sept 2019
We were pleased to be able to contribute Two Dollar Radio books to the NYPL.
For over 20 years, NYPL has offered services to support incarcerated New Yorkers and their families by ensuring they have a supportive network of information and services available for them to rebuild their lives upon coming home to their communities. To do this, NYPL staff provide a range of service that includes circulating books in five of the city jails; reference service and resource referral, weekly book clubs, and early literacy programs that enable incarcerated parents to send their children recordings of themselves reading books. These services can be crucial, especially for communities strongly affected by incarceration. Reading can provide a lifeline and book donations can help support that, especially where reading materials are in such high demand. To learn more about NYPL’s Correctional Services and how you can help as well, visit their website at nypl.org/corrections.
Merion Village Festival at Moeller Park
Sept 2018
Two Dollar Radio Headquarters donated to the silent auction of the Merion Village Association's annual festival.
The Annual Merion Village Festival — is held on the Second Sunday in September and celebrates artists, crafters, local businesses and organizations as well as the beautiful and vibrant atmosphere of the Historic Merion Village neighborhood. The event includes live music, a variety of food trucks and vendors, a beer and wine garden, activities for children, handmade wares, non-profit organizations, local businesses and a silent auction. 
Renew and Rebuild silent auction
Sept 2018
Two Dollar Radio Headquarters donated to the silent auction of the "Classic Impressions Dinner, Fashion Show & Silent Auction" event.
Rebuild & Renew — is a 501(c)3 faith-based, non-profit community development organization that is working to improve the housing, health, educational and spiritual needs of residents in South Columbus.
Sponsor of the Columbus Nations Cup, benefiting CRIS
July 2018
Two Dollar Radio sponsored — and played for! — a team in the Columbus Nations Cup, a soccer tournament and festival benefiting the Community Refugee & Immigration Services (CRIS) Mentorship Program.
Community Refugee & Immigration Services (CRIS) — is an independent non-profit organization that serves the growing refugee and immigrant populations in Central Ohio. They have over 50 staff members from all over the world who speak many different languages. Their wide array of programs and services aim to facilitate sustained self-sufficiency and successful integration for the people they serve. Among other things, CRIS is a refugee resettlement agency. As an affiliate of Church World Service, they have a cooperative agreement with the Department of State to directly receive and place refugees in our community.
^ Brett Gregory (far left) and Eric Obenauf (far right) with soccer mates and CRIS mentees during the 2018 Columbus Nations Cup.
Sunrise Sanctuary's Thanksgiving for the Turkeys 2018
November 2018
Two Dollar Radio Headquarters volunteered and donated to the raffle gift prizes during the annual Thanksgiving for the Turkeys event.
Sunrise Sanctuary — is a non-profit organization that rescues and cares for farmed and companion animals who were abandoned, abused, or neglected. We at Sunrise Sanctuary encourage more humane and compassionate behaviors and believe that each living creature has value and deserves to live free of suffering and exploitation.
Sponsor of the Ohio Wildlife Center Red Tail Hawk 5K and Walk for Wildlife
Sept 2018
Two Dollar Radio sponsored — and and ran in! — the annual 5K benefiting Ohio Wildlife Center.
Ohio Wildlife Center — Central Ohio’s nonprofit resource for wildlife rehabilitation, education and wildlife health studies, located in Powell, Ohio. Ohio Wildlife Center is a local 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization relying on donations from individuals, families, grants and corporate gifts. They do not receive government funding and welcome donations from anyone who benefits from their free community services.
Cbus Libraries Social Booksgiving 2018, benefiting Columbus Early Learning Centers
November 13, 2018
Two Dollar Radio Headquarters hosted the Cbus Libraries Social Booksgiving, an evening of fun and prizes, while sharing and donating favorite children's books. All books donated to Columbus Early Learning Centers.
Cbus Libraries — founded by librarians, Andrea Dixon and Bryan Loar — explores and promotes libraries of all sizes and types within the region, including public, academic, government, corporate and private libraries.
Columbus Early Learning Centers (CELC) — for over 130 years — has been providing high-quality early learning and care to Columbus children. Our tradition of affordable access to high-quality early childhood education has strengthened the lives of thousands of children, families and the communities in which they live.
Vegan Burger Week 2018, benefiting the Children's Hunger Alliance
Sept 25–29, 2018
During the inaugural Columbus, Ohio, Vegan Burger Week, we came up with an all vegan specialty burger menu and donated a portion of each burger sold to Children's Hunger Alliance — a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to ending childhood hunger, partnering with organizations throughout Ohio to provide nutritious meals to at-risk children who need them most.
^ Eric Obenauf (L) and Brett Gregory (R), vegan chefs SLASH book slingers, presenting a donation check to Children’s Hunger Alliance from the 2018 Vegan Burger Week.
RESCUEDohio dog adoption day and petition signing
June 2018
Two Dollar Radio Headquarters hosted RESCUEDohio as they showed off adoptable rescued dogs, and a group collecting signatures for a petition to Stop Puppy Mills in Ohio.
RESCUEDohio — was founded on August 1, 2015 by a group of dedicated animal lovers in the central Ohio area. The founders came from various different vocational backgrounds, but all have one thing in common: the passion to save dogs. Before starting RESCUEDohio, they were previously involved in different aspects of rescue, including fostering, fundraising, coordinating and training. The mission of this group is to help find homes for unwanted and abandoned dogs and to advocate for the rights of all animals everywhere.
Providing books benefiting Nationwide Children’s Hospital
March 2018
Two Dollar Radio Headquarters provided books to The Crest Parsons restaurant for their "Dr. Seuss’ Birth-Month Celebration," where all month long they featured funky food and drink specials with a portion of proceeds benefiting Nationwide Children's Hospital, and featured a bookshelf for folks to purchase books for donation to a child in need in Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
Cbus Libraries Social Booksgiving 2017, benefiting Columbus Early Learning Centers
November 15, 2017
Two Dollar Radio Headquarters hosted the Cbus Libraries Social Booksgiving, an evening of fun and prizes, while sharing and donating favorite children's books. All books donated to Columbus Early Learning Centers.
Cbus Libraries — founded by librarians, Andrea Dixon and Bryan Loar — explores and promotes libraries of all sizes and types within the region, including public, academic, government, corporate and private libraries.
Columbus Early Learning Centers (CELC) — for over 130 years — has been providing high-quality early learning and care to Columbus children. Our tradition of affordable access to high-quality early childhood education has strengthened the lives of thousands of children, families and the communities in which they live.
GIVE Yoga Community Social Fundraiser, benefiting The Africa Yoga Project
November 1, 2017
Two Dollar Radio Headquarters hosted and contributed donations to GIVE Yoga for an evening of fun, food, learning, and giving with visiting teachers from the Africa Yoga Project (AYP).
The Africa Yoga Project is a nonprofit that transforms the lives of disadvantaged young people through expanding employment in the growing health and wellbeing sector, turning forgotten members of society into role models and community leaders. Drawn from ethnic and regional backgrounds from across Kenya and raised in the informal settlements of Nairobi, AYP teachers reach as many as 6,000 people per week through free outreach classes, and bring positive and transformative messages to communities.
