Pedals for Pencils

Fundraiser:

Help Us Fund School Supplies

Pedals for Pencils was founded by Grace and Kate, two first-year public school teachers in Tennessee. They met during their first year in the classroom and quickly found common ground in their students, their shared frustrations, and their stubborn hope that public education can still be a force for good. In April 2025, the Tennessee State Senate passed SB0836—a bill that would allow schools to deny undocumented children access to public education. In response, the two teachers launched Pedals for Pencils: a grassroots fundraising and advocacy effort to equip classrooms serving migrant students and defend every child’s right to a public education.

This summer, Grace (a Vermont native) and Kate will be biking over 300 miles through Vermont with the goal of raising $10,000. The funds will support Title 1 classrooms that serve migrant students as well as organizations in Tennessee like TIRRC and La Paz Chattanooga that advocate for immigrant families and educational equity across the state. Pedals for Pencils is a ride for students, for teachers, and for the future of public education.

Just Food Hub

We are raising awareness in our local communities about real organic and fair-traded food, worker coops, and corporate consolidation in the food system. Our products include high-quality and affordable artisan food like coffee, chocolate, tea, and hot sauce from cooperative farms in the Global South and small US organic farms.

Just Food Hub’s mission is to offer community groups, like Pedals for Pencils, a regular fundraiser for their valuable work in our communities. We do this by selling these wonderful foods online and giving the profits to the community group. Pedals for Pencils receives 25% of all purchases when you click Pedals for Pencils at checkout. We offer free delivery of your purchases in 18 Central Vermont towns including Barre, East Montpelier, Marshfield, Montpelier, and Plainfield and can ship them elsewhere for a $10 charge.

Just Food Hub collaborates with Equal Exchange, a worker coop developing a noncapitalist people-centered food system that brings food justice and integrity to the US family table. Equal Exchange promotes organic and sustainable farming practices and democratic and worker-owned farming cooperatives throughout the Global South, Palestine, and the United States.

In addition to helping you eat well and building strong local economies and community groups, we are working to address the climate crisis and food insecurity. Join us and be the change you want to see in the world.

Orders of $75 or more will come with a free organic cotton shopping bag.