4%
Friday
Our
4% Friday Community Shopping Day is a concrete wayfor community
members to support twelve community organizations each
year. Since 2003, on the last Friday of each month, the
Co-op donates 4% of gross sales to that month’s community
partner.
We select groups with like-minded missions to support and
strengthen the health of our watershed, foodshed, and
community.
Applications for next year’s slots are available on the
Board and Workshops board by the registers from mid summer
through mid-September. The Board’s Community Relations
Committee announces the next year’s recipients in November.
If you have questions about the process please contact
Jodie Buller at 360-336-5087x136 or Board President Tom
Theisen; tom@theisenarchitects.com
2008
groups include:
Jan 25, 2008
Westview Elementary School in Burlington
This public school with a dual-language program for kids
across Skagit County during grade K-4 is prioritizing local
and organic foods in its Healthy Snacks for Students
program.
Feb 29, 2008
Skagit PFLAG (Parents, Friends, and Family
of Lesbians and Gays)
Skagit PFLAG’s youth program, Fab 5, is the only resource
in the valley for kids who are dealing with sexuality
questions. They provide support, education and advocacy in
order to build safety and secure civil rights, and to help
make this community a place people feel welcome to call
home.
March 28, 2008
Open Door Community Kitchen
The Community Kitchen provides a fundamental bridge between
local food resources and many families in this region. They
provide nutritious meals at the end of the month when
paychecks run thin and people on fixed incomes need
support. They want to develop their program to provide
re-usable food containers to their home-bound clients.
April
25, 2008
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Nutrition and
Breastfeeding Program at Skagit Community Action Agency
Washington’s WIC Nutrition
Program seeks to improve lifelong health of women, infants,
and young children. The Skagit WIC program provides
services for young families on tight budgets. The
Breastfeeding program works to change cultural attitudes
and to promote the health benefits of breastfeeding through
bilingual support groups and educational mailings.
May 30, 2008
Washington Vocational Services
WVS
works with persons with disabilities to help them find work
in the communities of Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom, and
Island Counties. The popular Job Club program helps to link
potential workers to employment opportunities.
June 27, 2008
Food Access Program at Skagit Community Action
Agency
The Skagit Food Share Alliance partnership with
Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland and North Coast Credit
Union, works with local farmers to purchase and obtain
produce from local farmers and make it available to all
area food banks and hot meal programs, through a new
centralized Skagit Food Bank Distribution Center in
Sedro-Woolley.
July 25, 2008
Oasis Teen Shelter at Skagit Valley Family
YMCA
Oasis is the only teen shelter in the region, from Everett
to Vancouver, BC. They offer safe haven, counseling, and
warm well-balanced meals to homeless young people.
August 29, 2008
People For Puget Sound
People For Puget Sound involves citizens in Skagit,
Whatcom, North Snohomish, Island, and San Juan counties in
protection, restoration, and education efforts for the
Puget Sound and the Northwest Straits. In partnership with
SVCC KSVR radio 91.7fm, PPS will be airing a weekly half
hour program on Tuesdays at 5pm, focused on environmental
news, events, and opportunities throughout the Puget Sound
Watershed.
September 26, 2008
Mount Vernon Co-op Preschool
This area preschool for children ages 18 months to five
years old, provides kids with hand-on experience to learn
math, science, art, and literary concepts. Parents
participate in the classroom and receive parent education
and college credit through Skagit Valley College.
Scholarships are available to offset the cost of attendance
for families needing assistance.
October 24, 2008
Skagit Land Trust
Skagit Land Trust protects wildlife, habitat, wetlands,
agriculture and forest lands, scenic open space and
shorelines throughout the mainland and islands of Skagit
County. They work with land conservation legacy, as well as
tree plantings, clean up events, and tours.
November 21st, 2008
Skagit Hospice Foundation
Skagit Hospice works with individuals in Skagit, Island and
North Snohomish Counties to ensure that people who do not
have insurance or the means to pay for hospice services
will have access to dignified, high quality, compassionate
care at the end of their lives.
December 19th, 2008
Neighbors in Need
Neighbors In Need is a grassroots food bank that buys food
for our neighbors in the Skagit Valley who need help with
groceries and nutrition. No one is turned away. They hope
to develop their program this year to include fresh milk
for kids.
