Community Shopping Days

Every year the Co-op Member Affairs Committee (MAC) and Board of Directors selects community organizations to be the monthly Community Shopping Days (CSD) recipient.

Community Shopping Days recipients receive 2% of the Co-op’s total sales on the third Saturday of their designated month and all register donations made during the month.

There are two ways to support these organizations.

1. 2% Saturdays: Shop the third Saturday of the month. The Co-op donates 2% of total sales from this day.
2. Donate the Difference: Round up your purchase at the register on any day and 100% of your donation is given directly to that month’s Community Shopping Days recipient.

2024 Community Shopping Days Recipients

2% Saturdays Donation Totals—It All Adds Up!

In 2023, the Co-op donated $29,610.99
In 2022, the Co-op donated $29,366.64.

We are pleased to welcome these organizations to the 2024 Community Shopping Days program. After a thorough and thoughtful application review process by the Co-op’s Member Affairs Committee, our Board of Directors approved these organizations as the 2024 Community Shopping Days recipients.

• January — Rebound Families
• February — Sun Community Service
• March — Ragfinery – ReUse Works
• April — Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center
• May — Whatcom Literacy Council
• June — Community Boating Center
• July — Ferndale Community Services
• August — Humanitas Ministry of the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship
• September — Whatcom Million Trees Project
• October — Salish Current
• November — Vamos Outdoors Project
• December — Center for Local Self Reliance (The Chuckanut Center)

2023 Community Shopping Days Recipients

• January — Road2Home
• February — Friends of the Family Resource Center
• March — Coffee and Sandwiches Together (CAST)
• April — Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services of Whatcom County (DVSAS)
• May — Lydia Place
• June — The Jazz Project
• July — American Association of University Women (AAUW)
• August — Foothills Community Food Partnership
• September — Pass the Hat
• October — Twin Sisters Farmers Markets
• November — Master Gardeners in Washington
• December — Habitat for Humanity in Whatcom County (HFHWC)