January 2024 (Chosen by Co-op staff)

Arlington community food bank

$ 1,000

Arlington Food Bank is committed to ensuring no one goes hungry in North Snohomish County. Offering a market-style experience, shoppers are able to browse the selections and check out at their convenience. Donor dollars are invested with local farms to provide fresh produce, dairy, and meats. In addition, customers can find breads, bakery items, and pantry essentials.

February 2024 (Chosen by Co-op Owners in 2023)

The Interfaith Family Shelter

$695.73

The Interfaith Family Shelter is a main emergency shelter located in downtown Everett. It can accommodate up to 11 families with children at any time. Clients receive about 90 days of shelter and basic needs resources, including meals, showers, personal hygiene kits, and laundry services.

March 2024 (Chosen by Co-op Owners in 2023)

Down to Earth Community Gardens

$773.34

Our mission is to provide space and education for people to grow their own food and offer fresh produce to area food banks. We give FREE garden beds, FREE seeds, FREE education, and access to FREE resources to help grow organic produce.

We strive believe deeply in the empowerment of the individual to grow their own healthy food. We strive to use the most environmentally friendly gardening methods and sustainable practices in all that we do. 

April 2024 (Chosen by Co-op Owners in 2023)

Dawson place

$526.17

Dawson Place is a nonprofit child advocacy center providing safety, justice and healing to victim of child physical and sexual abuse, assault and neglect. Providing every service needed for victims and their families to receive the help they need.

May 2024 (Chosen by Co-op Owners in 2023)

Homage Senior Services

$TBA

Homage Senior Services- provides critical services including mental health support, food & nutrition services, healthcare coordination, transportation and minor home repair for low-income older adults and people with disabilities in Snohomish County.

June 2024

STAFF VOTE

$TBA

Staffers will vote on an organization based on community need.

July 2024

everett art walk

$TBA

More info soon!

July 2024 (Chosen by Co-op Owners in 2023)

purrfect pals

$TBA

This cat adoption and rehabilitation programs help us place homeless cats, including those with special needs, in loving homes. They believe that every cat is adoptable; some just need more time than others to find the right match. Their ultimate goal is to place them with adopters but some might need a skilled foster family in the meantime. They also have room at their main campus sanctuary where the cats can stay close to our staff for daily care.  They home 100+ cats at this time.

september 2024 (Chosen by Co-op Owners in 2023)

Girls on the run of snohomish county

$TBA

Girls on the Run offers programs designed to inspire girls of all abilities to recognize and embrace their inner strength and make meaningful connections with others. Trained coaches use physical activity and dynamic discussions to build social, emotional and physical skills while encouraging healthy habits for life. 

October 2024(Chosen by Co-op Owners in 2023)

recovery cafe

$TBA

The mission of the Everett Recovery Café is to be a safe, healing community for individuals in recovery from the trauma of homelessness, addiction, and mental health challenges and to empower long-term transformation through human connection. Their space is beautiful to show our Members they are deserving of a beautiful, safe, drug and alcohol-free space. We are a loving community in order to anchor our Members (closely-supported consumers) in the sustained recovery needed to gain and maintain access to housing, social and health services, healthy relationships, education and employment.

NOVEMBER 2024 (Chosen by Co-op staff)

Hummingbird Services

$TBA

In November we celebrate Indigenous Peoples Month/Native American Heritage Month. The Hibulb Cultural Center and Natural History Preserve mission is to revive, restore, protect, interpret, collect and enhance the history, traditional cultural values and spiritual beliefs of the Tulalip Tribes who are the successors in interest to the Snohomish, Snoqualmie and Skykomish tribes and other tribes and bands signatory to the Treaty of Point Elliott.The Hibulb Cultural Center is approximately 23,000 square feet with a 50-acre natural history preserve. The interactive cultural center features a main exhibit, a temporary exhibit, two classrooms, a longhouse, a research library, and gift shop. It also features fully certified collections and archaeological repository.

DECEMBER 2024(Chosen by Co-op Owners in 2023)

Childstrive

$TBA

The staff work with families in their home and community settings to provide services that support the primary caregiver relationship and build on family strengths. All of their programs adhere to evidence-based practices and focus on incorporating opportunities for learning into everyday life, maximizing how infants and toddlers learn. Babies and toddlers are always learning! This time of early brain development can be maximized to set a strong foundation for learning.