Making Change at Checkout
You already vote with your dollars by shopping at the Co-op. Now it’s even easier to extend your impact and increase access to healthy food. At checkout, donate $1, $2, or $5 to organizations feeding our community. Look for the prompt on the PIN pad next time you shop.
Where Your Donations Go
Bellingham Food Bank
Other Ways We Support Our Community
Create Change for Neighbors in Need
Making Change at Checkout
Our PIN pad donation program took off in 2025, when shoppers raised $200,000 for Bellingham Food Bank in just seven months. Every penny you donate goes directly to the featured organization.
Champion Local Farmers
Farm Fund
Since 2000, the Co-op has donated over $878,699 to 164 local food and farming projects through grants, loans, scholarships, and emergency funds. These funds help increase the supply of local, sustainable, and organic food in Whatcom County and beyond.
Make Getting Groceries a Good Deed
Community Shopping Days
On the third Saturday of each month, 2% of sales go directly to a local organization doing vital work in our community. Your shopping helps support everything from environmental conservation to food access programs.
raised by shoppers like you thus far in 2025.
Your choice to shop at Community Food Co-op brings tangible, positive change to our community. Last year, Co-op shoppers raised $32,776.
Educate Kids About Healthy Eating
The Real Food Show
Combining circus arts, food education, laughter, and fun, The Real Food Show brings healthy eating lessons to life for students throughout Whatcom and Skagit counties. It is produced and funded by the Co-op and has toured since 2014.