November 30 begins our annual Hope for the Holidays campaign. We’ve selected over a dozen holiday favorites, like locally grown poinsettias and our house-made stollen and quick breads. We’re also offering our popular, ready-to-give “Gifts for Good” gift packs, like the local Sweet Carolina Gift Pack and the North Carolina Beer Gift Pack. Gifts for Good feature locally produced or cooperatively produced items. In addition to a donation to Hope for the Holidays, purchasing a Gift for Good supports producers doing good in the world. Gifts for Good will be in stores throughout the holiday season.
Every time you purchase a Hope for the Holidays item, we’ll make a donation to our Cooperative Community Fund (CCF), a sustainable endowment fund for community donations. The CCF gives grants each year to local nonprofits for projects that focus on access to healthy food. This year’s recipients were PORCH ($1,860 to continue and expand PORCH Cooks, a nutritional education project), TABLE ($1,000 to expand their farm field trip project, TABLE On the Go), and Chapel Hill High School ($940 for renovations to the student garden beds). Read more about the CCF here.