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Learn How Your Bag Credit Donations Support Confluence

Learn How Your Bag Credit Donations Support Confluence Members of Confluence: Willamette Valley LGBT Chorus perform on stage before a seated audience. Singers of varying ages stand on risers wearing black attire with colorful rainbow scarves, celebrating community, diversity, and LGBTQ+ pride through music.

This June, your Bag Credit Donations can help support Confluence: Willamette Valley LGBT Chorus. Learn about this local community chorus, its mission to build bridges through music, and how your reusable bags and bulk containers can help fund their work throughout the Willamette Valley.

Café Mam Coffee: As Dynamic as the Land It Comes From

Café Mam Coffee: As Dynamic as the Land It Comes From A woman picks coffee into a basket.

Coffee is more than a commodity—it is an expression of place. While mass-market blends erase the natural variability of coffee in pursuit of consistency, Café Mam embraces the changing flavors shaped by the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico. From indigenous coffee-growing cooperatives and shade-grown agroforestry to climate resilience and fair trade partnerships, this is the story of a coffee rooted in land, community, and ecological stewardship.

The Equal Exchange Women in Coffee Series

The Equal Exchange Women in Coffee Series Farmers from the Norandino co-op that makes First Light Coffee, available at LifeSource

Get to know Equal Exchange’s limited-run Women in Coffee series, now featuring First Light: a bright, fruity Peruvian roast with notes of raspberry, honey, lemon, and molasses. Learn how this Fair Trade coffee supports women leaders in coffee-growing cooperatives, and meet the farmers behind the beans.

Earth Day at LifeSource: Shop Local, Support Local Wildlife

Earth Day at LifeSource: Shop Local, Support Local Wildlife Chintimini Wildlife Center releases a rehabilitated bald eagle

This Earth Day, your grocery run can do more. On April 22, LifeSource will donate 5% of our gross profits to Chintimini Wildlife Center—helping provide lifesaving care for injured and orphaned wildlife across the Willamette Valley. Shop like you normally would, and make a real impact.

Support Salem Environmental Education with Bag Credits

Support Salem Environmental Education with Bag Credits A group of smiling teens stand together on a giant tree.

LifeSource is proud to support Salem Environmental Education (SEE), a local nonprofit connecting people of all ages to nature through hands-on learning. From curious preschool explorers to budding young scientists and lifelong learners, SEE inspires our community to care for the world around us.

Bag Credits for Garten Services: Small Change, Meaningful Opportunity

Bag Credits for Garten Services: Small Change, Meaningful Opportunity Garten Services employee preparing mail for shipping with U.S. Postal Service boxes visible in the workspace.

This March, your Bag Credit Donations at LifeSource support Garten Services and their mission to create meaningful employment and community opportunities for people with disabilities. Every reusable bag and bulk container helps fund programs that build confidence, independence, and inclusion right here in Salem. Small change adds up to powerful impact.

Sustainable from Soil to Shelf: Hummingbird’s Organic Bulk Legumes

Sustainable from Soil to Shelf: Hummingbird’s Organic Bulk Legumes Black beans in a wooden spoon grown in Idaho's Magic Valley by Mike Heath and Alvaro Peralta

Discover organic bulk legumes from Hummingbird Wholesale, an employee-owned distributor committed to sustainable agriculture and strong farmer partnerships. From protein-rich black and pinto beans to lentils and peas, these pantry staples nourish both people and soil. Learn how Hummingbird’s “distributor supported agriculture” model supports organic growers and brings high-quality, responsibly grown legumes straight to LifeSource’s bulk department.

Bag Credits for Good: Supporting Salem Angels This February

Bag Credits for Good: Supporting Salem Angels This February You boy wearing a Salem Angels shirt poses with a large cardboard box that says Love Box

This February, LifeSource’s Bag Credit Donations are supporting Salem Angels, a local nonprofit dedicated to walking alongside children, youth, and families in the foster care community. Every time you use a reusable bag or bulk container, you can choose to donate your bag credit to help fund mentorship, care packages, and meaningful support for local foster families—proof that small choices can make a big impact.

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