Community Giving

At Whole Foods Market, we are active participants in our community. We are extremely proud of our community involvement and the relationships that we continue to make each month! We strive to make a difference.

 Forms

• Community Support Day Application
• Donation Request Form
• Nickels for Non-Profits
• School Scrip Application

Our Community 5% Days are one meaningful way we give back to our community. 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.

Community Organizations

If you are looking for a way to support or get involved with your community, here are some local organizations Whole Foods Market, Petaluma supports:

Committee on the Shelterless (COTS)

COTS offers help and hope to homeless persons in Sonoma County by providing safe shelter and housing, helping people develop steady incomes and helping them get back under a roof of their own.

Blood Bank of the Redwoods

Blood Bank of the Redwoods is a full-service blood center that has been serving North Bay communities 24 hours a day, seven days a week for 58 years.

Redwood Empire Food Bank

REFB serves 50,000 people each month, and is Sonoma County's largest hunger-relief organization. REFB acquires food and distributes it through a network of charitable agencies and their own food assistance programs, and also provides food to Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties through smaller food banks. In addition, the REFB advocates for effective legislation that will provide long-term solutions to hunger in our community.

Petaluma People Services Center (PPSC) - Meals on Wheels program

Petaluma People Services Center is dedicated to improving the social and economic health of our community by providing programs that strengthen the dignity and self-sufficiency of the individual. Meals on Wheels program provides hot, nutritious meals to homebound seniors, aged 60 yrs. and older, who have no means of preparing meals for themselves. Meals-on-Wheels, provides a continuous lifeline of nutritious food with real human connections homebound elders in Petaluma and Penngrove. We help elders live with dignity in the comfort of their own homes and chosen communities. Our staff and volunteers have deep respect for the people we serve.

California Association of Midwives

The California Association of Midwives (CAM) is a non-profit professional organization representing midwives statewide.

The Green Team of Petaluma

Since its creation in 2006, the city’s Green Team, consisting of staff and managers from several City departments, has reached out to decision makers, the development community, non profit groups, and other cities and counties in an effort to continually emphasize the importance of sustainable practices. For 2008 the Green Team is helping to develop a mandatory green building program for residential, commercial, and city projects. They are also continuing to reach out to the community through workshops and conferences as well as developing ways the city can reduce their carbon footprint. To learn more about Petaluma Build It Green and the Petaluma Green Team visit the website at www.PetalumaBuildItGreen.org or contact the Green Team’s Phil Boyle at 778-4301.

Animal Compassion Foundation

Whole Foods Market created the non-profit Animal Compassion Foundation as a natural progression of our efforts to help producers evolve their practices for raising farm animals naturally and humanely. Our ongoing financial support will enable the Animal Compassion Foundation to:

• Search the globe for ideas and innovations from ranchers and farmers who are raising their farm animals compassionately
• Create a worldwide network of animal compassionate producers to share knowledge and improve practices.
• Collect knowledge of compassionate husbandry methods in an online library to assist interested producers to successfully adopt these techniques.
• Provide research money to producers for on-farm research and to animal scientists to seek solutions to current husbandry issues.

 

Conservation Corps North Bay

Conservation Corps North Bay (CCNB) works to develop youth and conserve natural resources for a strong, sustainable community through providing a diverse group of youth and young adults with opportunities to transform their lives through education, employability, civic engagement, and leadership; caring for our environment by conserving and restoring natural resources, and by improving recreational areas; creating the environmental leaders of the future by teaching environmental ethics and behaviors to children, teens and adults; and by making communities safer by reducing fire and flood hazards and by responding to public emergencies and disasters. All of these gains and personal achievements take place in the context of learning to appreciate the value of conserving and protecting the North Bay’s precious natural resources. www.conservationcorpsnorthbay.org or e-mail info@conservationcorpsnorthbay.org.

The Phoenix theater

A community organization providing a variety of services to local youth, with a continued focus on music.  The Phoenix Center is a place where teens are encouraged and empowered to engage in music and performing arts, with programs that create a variety of opportunities for learning and self-expression.  For more info:  http://www.thephoenixtheater.com/about.html

Petaluma Educational Foundation

Since 1982, Petaluma Educational Foundation (PEF) has funded over $3,000,000 in grants to Petaluma teachers and schools, scholarships for graduating high school students and countless live theater and music performances. PEF programs benefit over 32,000 students in all 33 Petaluma area public, private and charter schools. The mission of PEF is to foster excellence in education through innovative and sustainable programs. Information on PEF Grants, Scholarships and special events available at www.pefinfo.com and by calling 707-778-4632.

 

Boys & Girls Clubs of Petaluma

Celebrating 50 Years, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Petaluma serves over 3,841 youth at 10 Clubhouses in Petaluma with a variety of programs including Sports, Fitness & Recreation, Health & Life Skills, Education & Career Development, Character & Leadership Development, & The Arts. Through their Youth Development Strategy, it is their Mission to inspire and enable all youth, especially those who need it most, to become caring, productive and responsible citizens. More info available at www.petalumabgc.org/ or call (707)769-5322.

Hospice of Petaluma

For the past 31 years Hospice of Petaluma has been dedicated to providing compassionate, personalized, hospice care for patients and families facing a life threatening illness. We honor the life and the time when people are preparing for end of life. We are committed to providing expert care for physical and emotional comfort so the time remaining can be lived fully. In addition to our direct patient care, our hospice provides grief services to our patients, families and to the community following the loss of a loved one.  For more info: 707-778-6242.

Current Nickels for Non-profits recipients

Sonoma County After School Network (SCAN)

Sonoma County After School Network (SCAN) members not only provide high quality after school services to over 10,000 children in 50 Sonoma County schools, they also collaborate to create opportunities for after school programs to enhance and expand their services.  These opportunities include: Training for over 500 after school staff throughout the County - Coaching for New and Existing After School Programs - Information Dissemination and Sharing Best Practices - Outreach to the Community.  To learn more, visit www.sonomacan.org

Daily Acts

Powered by Boundless Hope, Daily Acts is committed to reclaiming the richness of all life by providing the inspiration, tools and opportunities which empower and support people to live full lives by embracing and recreating the impact of our individual and collective daily actions as they ripple out into the world.　More info at:  http://www.dailyacts.org/sustainability-series