A more socially-conscience effort is planned for our community on Black Friday, as participating Ballard businesses are donating a portion of their proceeds to a local non-profit for Ballard Gives Back.
More than 30 Ballard area businesses are putting a generous spin on Black Friday by participating in the Ballard Gives Back program.
Ballard’s business owners are encouraging shoppers to skip the crowds and shop locally in Ballard for a good cause on November 29, 2019, Black Friday.
The program began in 2013 and continues to grow each year as more businesses flock to Ballard’s bustling shopping and dining district.
“In addition to the ‘giving’ portion of the post-Thanksgiving weekend, the Ballard merchant community is promoting a message to shop local and shop small. When small businesses thrive, communities thrive. When people support their local merchants and small businesses, more of their money stays in the community,” said Legh Burns, co-owner of re-souL.
Many businesses are extending their donations throughout the entire holiday weekend. Here is a list of participating
businesses and the charity they are donating to when you shop at their location on Black Friday:
| Business | Charity | |
| Annie’s Art and Frame | Mary’s Place | |
| Atlas Travel Wear | Mary’s Place | |
| Ballard Farmers Market | Ballard Food Bank | |
| Ballard Reuse | Seattle ReCreative | |
| Ballard Sip and Ship | Mary’s Place | |
| Ballard Station Public House | Treehouse Washington | |
| Baraka Gemstones and Jewelry | Baraka Orphanage in Kosele, Kenya | |
| Camelion Design | Wellspring Family Services | |
| Clover Toys | Treehouse Washington | |
| Couch | Northwest Immigrant Rights Project | |
| Eyebrowbaby Microblading + Beauty | YouthCare | |
| Fair Trade Winds | Ballard Food Bank | |
| Fleet Feet | Girls on the Run Puget Sound | |
| Full Tilt Ice Cream | Motley Zoo | |
| Horseshoe | Ballard Food Bank | |
| Habitude | Puget Sound Keeper Alliance | |
| Kick It Boutique | Seattle Children’s Hospital | |
| Le Merde | Jubilee Women’s Center | |
| Liberté Beauty | YWCA Angeline’s Daycenter | |
| Market Street Shoes | Labateyah Youth Home | |
| Monster: Art, Clothing & Gifts | Northwest Immigrant Rights Project | |
| Mox Boarding House | Boys & Girls Club of King County | |
| Other Coast Cafe | Ballard Commons Park Play Area | |
| Prism | Powerful Voices | |
| re-souL | YouthCare | |
| Secret Garden Books | Discover Your Northwest-Ballard Locks Fish Ladder | |
| September | TBD | |
| Skål Beer Hall | Movember | |
| Sonic Boom Records | The Vera Project | |
| Standard Goods | Stocking Up | |
| StudioRA | W.I.T.S. | |
| Sweet Mickey’s | Ballard Boys and Girls Club | |
| Venue | Arts Corps |
Additional weekend promotions for Ballard Gives Back:
- Stop by Kick It Boutique with a gift for Seattle Children’s Hospital and receive a % off your purchase between November 1st through December 17th.
- At Mox Boarding House customers may pick a tag off the Giving Tree. Customers will receive a thank you coupon and we will match $5 for every tag fulfilled on the tree. The Mox Giving Tree runs from Nov. 27th through Dec. 15th
- Market Street Shoes will be donating proceeds from the entire holiday weekend.
- September will host an in store dog adoption on Saturday and Sunday (11/30 & 12/1)
- Camelion Design will donate a portion of their sales all 3 days after the Thanksgiving holiday to Wellsprings Family Services.
- Ballard Reuse will have a 25% off sale running the entire holiday weekend in addition to donating to their charity, Seattle ReCreative.