Shop for a Cause
Shop at select Downtown businesses that will be partnering with local non-profits to raise awareness and support their causes!
Wait there’s more – enjoy free parking in Downtown all day!
Participating businesses:
Dog-Eared Books | 203 Main St. | 9am-8pm
Partner Non-profit organization: Raising Readers of Story County
25% off books donated to Raising Readers — We’ll have a cart of pre-selected books on display
Treats on a Leash | 216 Main St. | 9am-5pm
Partner Non-profit organization: Ames Animal Shelter
Percentage of sales will be donated
Moorman Clothiers | 226 Main St. | 9am-4pm
Partner Non-profit organization: Friendship Ark
10% of sales will be going to Friendship Ark
Duck Worth Wearing | 232 Main St. | 10am-5pm
Partner Non-profit organization: Raising Readers of Story County
There will be a booth for more information and 10% of our sales will go to Raising Readers.
The Loft | 233 Main St. | 10am-5pm
Partner Non-profit organization: Good Neighbor Emergency Assistance
There will be a booth for more information and 10% of our sales will go to Good Neighbor.
Gilger Designs | 236 Main St. | 10am-4pm
Partner Non-profit organization: The Bridge Home
Life Distilled | 301 Main St. Suite 105 | 10am-6pm
Partner Non-profit organization: YSS
Life Distilled will be hosting YSS and a Giving Tree. Stop in to grab a tag from the tree to shop for a youth in our community who needs your support or simply learn more about YSS programs and donate!
Z.W. Mercantile | 301 Main St. Suite 8 | 10am-5pm
Partner Non-profit organization: The Bridge Home
Purchase $5 or $10 wellness kits for the residents of the Bridge Home!
Pumpkin Patch | 302 Main St. | 10am-5pm
Partner Non-profit organization: HAMO Foundation
Storytime and activity. Here to Hear You and MoveMindfully representatives will be here with activities and Information to promote mental health
Cooks’ Emporium | 313 Main St. | 10am-5pm
Partner Non-profit organization: Mid-Iowa Community Action
Bring in three (3) non-perishable items and receive $5 off your total purchase!
PhotoSynthesis | 317 Main St. | 10am-4pm
Partner Non-profit organization: Octagon Center for the Arts
Make your own hot pad to take home $3. Sales throughout the shop.
Great Harvest Bakery | 502 Burnett Ave. | 7am-2pm
Partner Non-profit organization: Cultivating Hope Farms
A petting zoo with farm animals in our parking lot!