Community Partners

Do you know of a fantastic local organization that is doing great work and promoting cooperative community?  Tell us about them!

Each year, Central Co-op chooses several Central Community Partners, and through financial contributions and outreach, we work together to sustain, nourish, and empower healthy communities in and around Seattle and Tacoma.  If you know of or are part of an organization that shares our values of impacting the community in the following ways, nominate or encourage them to apply to be one of our Central Community Partners.

• Serve Seattle and/or Tacoma's communities.
• Provide access to healthy food.
• Empower marginalized community members.
• Promote food sovereignty, food security and food justice.
• Promote access to land for holistic urban agriculture.
• Operate sustainably and promote ecological sustainability.
• Promote environmental justice, public health, and affordable housing.

Preference is given to neighbors, co-ops, and nonprofits.

If selected, Central Co-op provides up to $3,000 toward Partner programs and events, and we actively promote our Partners to our owners. Partners may use the Co-op community bulletin board to promote events and may provide materials and do outreach tabling at Co-op events. Partners receive preferential access to the Rochdale Room, the Co-op’s meeting and community space, for meetings and events.

Partnership is a two-way relationship! Partners connect to the Co-op online, share key Co-op information with their networks and provide opportunity for Central Co-op to do outreach at Partner events when appropriate.

We are currently accepting applications to become a 2021 Community Partner. The deadline for submission is December 15, 2020. Please email community -at- centralcoop.coop should you have any questions or to submit your application.

 

Our 2021 Community Partners

Good Rain Farm:  xast sq'it, (hast squeit) or Good Rain Farm, is a small, Pacific Northwest farm of mostly Indigenous women farmers. Good Rain Farm shares Central Co-op's values of sustainability, care for the environment and providing healthy, traditional foods. With a mission built upon the ideals of stewarding land responsibly, decolonizing diets, and connecting with ancestry and a deep connection to place, the farmers at Good Rain are passionate about cooperative business models and building a just and healthy future as the next generation of farmers. We believe that farms like Good Rain are that future, and are proud to support them!

 

 

Tahoma Indian Center: Any time that we can help with direct food assistance, we know that we are helping our community in a tangible way. The Tahoma Indian Center provides hot meals to our Indigenous community members experiencing homelessness and food insecurity as well as referrals to services and providing a space for cultural ceremonies. Central Co-op was specifically drawn to this organization because of its purpose to support and sustain the dignity and culture of Urban Native Americans in Pierce County. We are grateful for their good work! By the way, if you would like to help to further their reach, Tahoma Indian Center is looking for volunteers! 

 

 

 

Friends of the Children - Tacoma: One of the best investments that we, as the Central Co-op community, can make is our providing resources for our youth. Our Tacoma neighbors, Friends of the Children, helps to nourish children (many of whom have faced much adversity) through long-term mentorship. Partnering with area organizations serving families impacted by foster care and the Washington State Department of Children, Youth and Families, Friends of the Children Tacoma works with both youth and their caregivers to support stability and success. We couldn't be happier to invest in our community's future through this partnership!