Community

Double Up Food Bucks Survey

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If you have participated in the Double Up Food Bucks program this year, your feedback is needed! Our co-op was thrilled to start offering Double Up Food Bucks earlier this year. After success at farmer’s markets, the program extended to a small number of grocery stores in Oregon for the first time.

Day of Caring

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We are gathering essential goods for our community by participating in United Way of Clatsop County’s 2020 Day of Caring on Saturday, September 12th from 9am to 1pm. We will be asking shoppers to donate needed items including non-perishable food which we will bring to a collection site. The local Un

Record Donation

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We raised a record amount—nearly $4K—in just a month for Consejo Hispano (formerly Lower Columbia Hispanic Council). Our cashier Mason who raised more than $600 himself presented our giant check to council reps. Big thanks to our generous community for rounding up! “Community donations allow C

Harbor Donation

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Thanks to our generous community, we donated a giant check to a local organization that helps survivors of domestic violence. This morning our general manager Matt Stanley presented Harbor Executive Director Terri Steenbergen with $3,476.53 (while maintaining a safe distance of six feet of course).

Round up for Hispanic Council

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The Lower Columbia Hispanic Council’s mission is the equitable integration of resident Hispanics into the broader social and economic fabric of the Lower Columbia community. The council is this month’s Change for Community recipient. Round up your purchase total or share your pocket chan

Giant Check

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We were so thrilled to present a giant check—more than $3200—to the Astoria Senior Assistance program. This wonderful local non-profit helps local senior citizens avoid homelessness by providing emergency funds (rent, utility bills, etc.). Our generous shoppers rounded up purchases in January and do

New Change for Community Recipients

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It’s a new year and we’ve got a new set of local non-profits we’re raising funds for! They are: Clatsop County Historical Society, Northwest Trails Coalition and Astoria Senior Assistance Program. You can support these awesome local non-profits January-March by donating your reusab

Food Bank Fundraiser

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In December (2019), we’ll be asking shoppers to round up for Clatsop Community Action Regional Food Bank. The food bank’s mission is to eliminate hunger and provide food to those who need it. Staff and volunteers distribute about 1.5 million pounds of food throughout the county per year. Almos

Record Donation

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Since Change for Community’s inception a little more than a year ago, the co-op has raised more than $16,000 for local non-profits. We raised more than $4,700 to donate to three local non-profits in the second quarter of 2019 through our Change for Community program. This includes the co-op’s bigges