Meet Our 3rd Quarter Tokens for Tomorrow Groups

Every time you bring in a reusable shopping bag, we honor your commitment to reducing waste with a token worth 8¢ that you can give back to one of four local organizations:

Anacortes Laundry Love

The purpose of Anacortes Laundry Love is to wash the clothes and bedding of no- and low-income families in Anacortes, brightening their lives through love, dignity, and detergent. Anacortes Laundry Love partners with Econo-Wash to provide free laundry on the first Tuesday of the month, from 8:30 to 10:30am. They see the laundromat as a place where strangers become friends, people are known by name, and the worth of every human being is acknowledged and celebrated. Anacortes Laundry Love hopes to offer a second time on a Saturday morning to increase access to more families. Your tokens will help support his effort. laundrylove.org

Chinook Enterprises

Chinook Enterprises is a social enterprise –a non-profit designed to operate as a business, but with a social mission: supporting full participation in community life for people with disabilities or other barriers. Full participation must start with successful employment. For many people with disabilities, finding that place can be challenging. Barriers to employment success are varied and include inadequate transportation, lack of experience, communication challenges, community acceptance, and more. With help and support, these barriers can be minimized, and dreams can be realized. chinookenterprises.org

Communities in Schools

The mission of Communities in Schools (CIS) is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and make their way through the world. Since 2008, CIS Site Coordinators have provided whole-school support to improve educational equity, as well as 1-to-1 case management services and comprehensive interventions for at-risk youth. These resources, along with individual mentoring, help students set goals to improve academic outcomes, including attendance, core course grades, and behavior. whatcomskagit.ciswa.org

Sedro-Woolley Open Door Community Food Kitchen

Since 1989, the mission of the Open Door Community Food Kitchen has been to provide warm meals to those in need and to individuals with limited access to food or the funds to purchase it themselves. Food is readily served to anyone without question or judgment, and no application or proof of income is required. Open Door Community Food Kitchen also delivers meals three times each week to approximately 30 residents in Sedro-Woolley and to families within the Family Promise program of Skagit Valley. The goal is to provide fresh, seasonal fruit and produce with each meal, and funds from Tokens for Tomorrow will be used to purchase fresh produce as opposed to canned or frozen. centralumcsw@yahoo.com