Community Archives - Weaver Street Market

half-built health center on hillside under wide sky

Great News: Riojana’s Health Center Underway

Posted July 16, 2019 by emily in Community

Construction is underway on the health center our friends at La Riojana cooperative are building. Check out photos and read an update.

older woman sitting at table looking at bowl of soup

Round Up in ACTION: New Goal to Add Food Insecure Seniors

Posted June 19, 2019 by brenda in Community

Our Round Up Team, which spearheads the Round Up campaign, proposed a 40% goal, which will provide healthy food for food-insecure seniors and allow us to maintain the level of funding of our original community partners.

Brenda accepts award on grand staircase with Triangle Business Journal representatives

We’re a 2019 Corporate Philanthropy Award Winner

Posted June 5, 2019 by emily in Community

We were honored to receive a 2019 philanthropy award from Triangle Business Journal on behalf of you, our owners and shoppers who support our Round Up and grant programs.

Close up of a picnic spread with grapes, cheese and wine

Picnic with Live Music

Posted June 4, 2019 by emily in Community

It’s summer! Well, almost. It’s the time of year again when you can sit outside and enjoy live music. We know of four music series happening near our stores: Thursday, 6-8 PM After Hours in Carrboro Friday, 7-9 PM TGIF Music in Southern Village (on the green) Sunday, 11 AM-1 PM Jazz Brunch in Carrboro…
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a group of people inside the TABLE building, with shelves of food in back

The Volunteer Power Behind TABLE

Posted May 16, 2019 by emily in Community

We toured TABLE’s facility in Carrboro to learn about their programs and volunteer needs. TABLE is the current recipient of Round Up donations in Carrboro and Southern Village.

7 children holding bags of produce by a car

Thanks for Rounding Up for PORCH

Posted May 7, 2019 by emily in Community

From February through April, shoppers rounded up to support local hunger relief groups PORCH-Chapel Hill-Carrboro and PORCH-Hillsborough. Shoppers rounded up their purchase totals 152,400 times, yielding $66,120.17 for PORCH’s Food for Families programs! Thanks to the Round Up donations, 184 families with PORCH-Chapel Hill-Carrboro and PORCH-Hillsborough will receive boxes of fresh produce once a month…
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man holding two bags of groceries in a elementary school hallway with paintings on the walls

Round Up for TABLE and Schools Begins Today

Posted April 24, 2019 by emily in Community

Summer is often a time when children are most susceptible to hunger—when they aren’t receiving free school meals. Beginning May 1 through October, our Round Up program benefits TABLE and the Orange County Schools, both of which are working to feed children at risk for hunger. About TABLE In the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, 32.1%…
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woman in community garden holding tray with samples of green leafy vegetable for eating

Call for CCF Grant Applications

Posted April 23, 2019 by brenda in Community

Weaver Street Market seeks proposals for community projects for its 14th Annual Cooperative Community Fund Grant awards. Recipients must be IRS-certified nonprofit organizations. Funded projects focus on “Access to Healthy Food” (such as Community Agriculture, Hunger Relief, Nutrition and Cooking Education, Healthy Food Environments, Advocacy, Food Waste) A committee of owner volunteers will evaluate the…
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