Clinton Foodmart – Customer Appreciation Day May 28th

May 162011
 
 May 16, 2011  Posted by Kathy McLaughlin No Responses »

The Clinton Foodmart is having it’s annual customer appreciation day Saturday the 28th. Here is your chance to own a really big screen television, a 47″ flatscreen.

Raffle tickets are being sold for one dollar and will be on sale until the drawing on Saturday. Proceeds from the raffle sales will go to the Good Cheer Capital Campaign. The food bank has had a strong relationship with the Clinton Foodmart and this benefit is in memory of Mike Sullivan.

Many thanks to Clinton Foodmart owners Clay and Candy Anderson for designating Good Cheer as the beneficiary of its May 28th Customer Appreciation Raffle. The drawing will take place at 1 p.m.  so come in for free coffee and cake (10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday the day of the raffle).

If you don’t win the big prize there are others – You need not be present to win

5 Pizzas from the Village Pizzeria

3 Whidbey Island Logo Shirts

$100 Foodmart Gift Certificate

Here is the Clinton Foodmart Coupon link!

Good Cheer’s Queen of Coupons, volunteer Ula Lewis, welcomes all of your unused food coupons for the Food Bank’s now official Creative Food Buying Program which is designed to maximize savings on food bank purchases by utilizing savvy coupon know-how at area retail grocery stores.

Coupons can have a major impact on local food banks; at Good Cheer 25 to 35% of our food comes from the use of coupons and rebates. Food Bank staff look for those items that are the healthiest for our clients. Saving money through the use of coupons and rebates have affected other parts of the Food Bank’s operation by providing more flexibility in creating greater variety of food choices.

Food coupons expired? No problem. We’ll send them off to military families overseas (via local American Legion Posts 141) who can use them up to a year after their expiration date at U.S. military commissaries. Just drop your coupons off at the food bank or at any Good Cheer Thrift Store.

Good Luck and Good Cheer!

Whidbey Island Bank Community Challenge for the Good Cheer Food Bank

Jul 302010
 
 July 30, 2010  Posted by Kathy McLaughlin No Responses »

Whidbey Island Bank is truly a community bank and it happens to be the only bank that still has a headquarters on the island. The bank was started by a group of Whidbey Island business people in Coupeville back in the early 1960s.

Today, the bank is one of the largest employers on Whidbey Island. This is a bank that cares about the community and how it does the business of banking.

Last year the bank earned a 5-Star rating from Bauer Financial for financial strength and stability. Nice to know that we have one of the strongest banks in the nation right here on the Island.

Whidbey Island Bank has a challenge for you!

Whidbey Island Bank is sponsoring a Community Challenge Matching Fund Drive from now through August 31st to help raise needed funds for the Good Cheer Food Bank in Bayview. The bank will match donations from the community up to a total amount of $5,000. The matched fund potential of $10,000 will help Good Cheer keep food shelves stocked through what continues to be a time of increased needs owing to the continued recession.

We are all at our best when we are helping others!

According to Pam Bickel the manager of the Langley Branch, “The idea of a fundraiser began with an article in the South Whidbey Record in June about the increased use of and decline of monetary donations for the Food Bank.  Whidbey Island Bank feels very much in partnership with the communities it serves and wanted to help in some way.  The bank felt it could maximize a donation by matching contributions made by our community members during a month-long campaign up to a total amount of $5000.00. Part of being a good neighbor means stepping up when the community meets challenging times.”

We are very grateful to Whidbey Island Bank for their leadership in this matching fund drive. They continue to be strong supporters of Good Cheer in terms of both donations and employees who volunteer at Good Cheer.

Donations are being accepted at all Whidbey Island Bank locations on South Whidbey:

Clinton Branch -  Branch Manager Candy Anderson at 360-341-5238

Freeland Branch – Branch Manager Anne Bobinac at 360-331-5868

Langley Branch – Branch Manager Pam Bickel at 360-221-0203

Donations can also be made at all Good Cheer Thrift Stores and the Food Bank office in Bayview. You can mail donations to Good Cheer Community Challenge / PO Box 144, Langley WA 98260 or click here to contribute online.

Donations should be identified as “Community Challenge” in the memo area on checks and online.

Good Cheer!