Nominate Your Favorite Non-Profit!

We reward people for their sustainability efforts by giving 8 cents back for each reusable bag used. You can then either keep the bag credit, OR get at bean. Get a bean, you ask? If you choose a bean (= $.08), you can choose where that money goes by dropping that bean into a jar, which represents 1 of 3 non-profits in the Jefferson County Community. Non-profits are nominated by member/owners and chosen by a committee. Two jars are rotated out bi-monthly, the third jar represents the Jefferson County Food Bank, which is supported year round.

Thanks so much for joining us in this process! Keep using those bags/containers because small change makes big change in our community.

In 2023 Beans for Bags generated over $20,000 to local non-profits. That’s like 240,000 bags a year!

Beans for Bags Process

• October/November: Beans for Bags nominations open for 2025.  Nominations are only accepted through online form here. If you need, Customer Service can help you use the computer in the store.

• Early December: Board Community Engagement Committee will meet to vote on the 2025 recipients. 

• Late December: 2025 recipients announced

Questions about Beans for Bags? Call us at 360.385.2883 or email Marketing@FoodCoop.Coop