Hope for the Holidays promotion raises $11,461!
What Is Hope for the Holidays?
Since 1998, Hope for the Holidays has paired fundraising and gift giving during December: we make a donation each time you buy a Hope for the Holidays product. We choose some of our favorite Game Changer, local, co-op produced, and Weaver Made products to include in the promotion.
The funds raised add to our Cooperative Community Fund, a sustainable endowment fund. Each year, a committee awards grants that are paid from the interest that the fund generates. The grants go to local nonprofits working on access to healthy food. More than $97,000 has been awarded in grants to local nonprofits working on access to healthy food.
This season’s Hope for the Holidays Funds will be donated to the Hurricane Farmer Relief Fund launched by RAFI-USA in response to Hurricane Helene to raise disaster funds for farming communities. Additional cash donations from the registers during the month of December brings our total donation to $14,687! 100% of the funds are going directly to support farmers impacted by the hurricane.
Highlights of what you purchased this holiday season:
This holiday season, you purchased:
- 1,264 loaves of Weaver Made Stollen
- 2,051 loaves of Weaver Made Quick Breads
- 7,024 bottles of fair trade co-op wine
- 8,677 boxes of local Chapel Hill and Griff’s Toffee
- 3,287 fair trade Equal Exchange Chocolate Bars
- 250 bags of locally roasted Joe Van Gogh and Café Femenino Coffee
- 580 Game Changer Little Homestead Farm Soaps & Bath Bombs
490 Game Changer Bright Black, Precious Cargo, and Skyelight Candles- 274 bags of local Videri Chocolate Hot Cocoa Mix
Thank you for your help in raising disaster funds for farmers!
