Community Giving

Supporting our Community

Caring about our community is one of the Core Values at Whole Foods Market. In keeping with this philosophy it is our practice to make contributions to fund raising events held by local non-profit groups in a variety of ways.

School Scrip Program

The Whole Foods Market School Scrip Program is a method of fundraising for the schools, allowing them to realize a 5% profit on the amount of scrip that is purchased and subsequently sold to parents. These monies are for scholarships, school program supplies, etc.

Scrip is offered in $20 increments only and there is no set limit on the number of scrip purchased by the school. The school representative phones the Store Scrip Extension (942-9898 ext 350) and places an order for a specific dollar amount of scrip. Scrip is available for pick-up every Thursday by 12:00 noon for orders received by Monday at 12:00 p.m. Payment is made at the time of pickup for the gross amount of the scrip less 5%. The school representative distributes the scrip to participating parents. Scrip may be redeemed only at the Chapel Hill Whole Foods Market location for purchases. Change is given if the purchase is less than the face value of the scrip.

Download the Scrip application (pdf)

Community 5% Days
On designated days throughout the year a total of 5% of the day's net sales are donated to local non-profit organizations. Customers help support our selected organizations just by shopping on these 5% Days.

Download our 5% Day Application or pick one up at our Customer Service Desk. Application deadline is the end of September. Selections are made before year's end for all 5% Day organizations for the upcoming year.

Event Specific Donations to Community Non-profit Organizations

Your organization can request support for local events. In order to be considered for a donation your organization must be a non-profit and the request must be received at least 5 weeks before your scheduled event. Please either mail these back to our store or drop them off in person. Do NOT fax these forms please.

Store Tours, In-store Events and Courses
Throughout the year we welcome schools and community groups into our store for special tours, meetings and fun samplings or food and drink. Please contact Anne Everitt in the Marketing Department for information and scheduling.