5% Friday Recipients: July-September

One of our most exciting ways to support the community is through 5% Friday! You shop and together we give 5% of Co-op sales one Friday a month to a non-profit, charitable community organization.  And just think—each of these organizations is, itself, supporting the community! What a great circle of giving.

Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group

Friday, July 25

Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group builds partnerships that educate and engage our community in habitat restoration and a healthy community for all. They will use funds from 5% Friday to expand their Salmon in the Classroom program. Last year, Skagit Fisheries had the opportunity to get 900 local kids out of their classrooms and outside learning about salmon, watersheds, and what students can do to cherish and protect them.skagitfisheries.org

Mount Vernon Hope Coalition

Friday, August 29

The mission of the MV HOPE Coalition (Mount Vernon: Healthy Outcomes through Prevention Efforts Coalition) is to build an alliance that inspires hope, engages the community, and develops and implements strategies to prevent and reduce opioid and other substance use in Mount Vernon youth. As part of its mission to help raise awareness and prevention of opioids and other substances in Skagit youth, MV HOPE actively facilitates a Mount Vernon School District program called Peer 2 Peer (P2P). 5% Friday funds will be used to support the groups with meals, snacks, and nourishment as they meet.skagitymca.org/mount-vernon-hope-coalition

Children of the Valley

Friday, September 26

Children of the Valley provides safe, positive, and enriching after-school programs for under-resourced, low-income children throughout the Mount Vernon, Sedro-Woolley, and Burlington School Districts. COV now supports up to 200 students in grades K-6 who attend each of their district's elementary schools. 5% Friday funds will be used to maintain and expand COV’s monthly cooking club, which features dishes that align with cultural-based themes, where lesson plans focus on exploring different cultures through crafts, games, stories, music, and food.childrenofthevalleymv.org