The Blue Hill Co-op is committed to supporting our communities by donating a percentage of our profits to local charitable organizations. On the third Wednesday of every month, the Co-op will donate 1% of sales that day to a selected organization. Past and upcoming “One Percent Wednesday” donations are:
October 2010: Howard Bowers FundNovember 2010: The Simmering Pot
December 2010: Island Nursing Home in Deer Isle
January 2011: Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium—Blue Hill
February 2011: Ark Animal Shelter
March 2011: Next Step Domestic Violence Project
April 2011: Blue Hill Heritage Trust
May 2011: New Surry Theatre
June 2011: Ellsworth Free Medical Clinic July 2011: Brooklin School Garden August 2011: Hospice Volunteers of Hancock County September 2011: Emmaus Homeless Shelter October 2011: Local Co-op Funding November 2011: The Simmering Pot December 2011: Tree of Life Food Pantry January 2012: Peninsula Ambulance Corps February 2012: Food For Maine’s Future March 2012: Birdsacre Preserve April 2012: Downeast Aids Network May 2012: Deer Isle-Stonington Historical Society June 2012: Marine Environmental Research Institute July 2012: Healthy Peninsula August 2012: Halcyon Grange September 2012: Friends of Blue Hill Bay October 2012: Water Research Institute of Blue Hill November 2012: Blue Hill Fire Company December 2012: H.O.M.E. Co-op
Please nominate your favorite local 501(c)3 non-profit or other community-based organizations by writing them in the form below. Selection is not based on number of votes, so you only need to nominate an organization one time. Thank you!
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