Carmichael's Bookstore loves to partner with community organizations!
The following is a list of organizations with wish lists you can help support.
If you purchase an item off a wish list, Carmichael's will deliver your items to the organization.
Do you have an organization that we can include here? Email kelly@carmichaelsbookstore.com
Click here for La Casita Center's wish list and use code LCC for 20% off wish list items.
La Casita is a grassroots non-profit located in Louisville, KY accompanying families in the Latinx community. Their mission is to empower these families, providing a foundation for systemic change with long-term effects.
Click here for Change Today Change Tomorrow Bless the Block 2022 wish list and use code CTCT for 20% off wish list items.
Change Today, Change Tomorrow is a Black woman led non-profit organization in Louisville, KY. Through our main pillars of service, Food Justice, Community Engagement, and Public Health, we provide for the most marginalized communities in the city, because when you show up for the most marginalized, you show up for everyone. We protect, defend, and meet the needs of those who have been counted out. We are a force of disruptors and changemakers that believe in #communitypower.
Click here for Smoketown Family Wellness Center wish list. Use code SFW for 20% off wish list items.
The Smoketown Family Wellness Center (SFWC) builds a culture of health by providing clinical care to children in a pediatric clinic and community-based environment with a focus on healthy lifestyle behaviors for the entire family. SFWC will improve health outcomes by addressing the many factors that impact health in one setting. SFWC works with parents to support them with the knowledge and resources they need. The SFWC is an integrated healthcare model to support parents to raise children to be healthy in mind, body, and spirit. Opening in early 2018, the Center provides medical care for children and healthy lifestyle support for the whole family in a community-based setting.
Click here for The Louisville Youth Group wish list and use code LYG for 20% off wish list items.
Louisville Youth Group (LYG) is the primary nonprofit serving LGBTQIA+ youth in the Greater Louisville / Kentuckiana region. We provide a brave and affirming space for youth and young adults, ages 5-24, to explore their gender and sexuality, learn life and leadership skills, and to develop the tools needed to build community and act as agents of change. LYG accomplishes these goals through our weekly program groups, monthly community events, and annual leadership development opportunities, as well as our Trans Closet and Lending Library services.
Click here for The Louisville Nature Center wish list and use code LNC for 20% off wish list items
The Louisville Nature Centers mission is to be a catalyst for conservation through environmental education and connection to nature for every person.
Our vision is a community where everyone is inspired to be stewards of the natural world.
Click here for The Food Literacy Project wish list and use code FLP for 20% off wish list items.
The Food Literacy Project strives to advance equity and increase belonging among traditionally excluded and marginalized populations. We address gaps in knowledge, experience, and access to empower young people, their families, and neighbors urgently in need of positive interaction with and regular access to healthful foods. Youth become change agents, promoting healthy foodways and environmental sustainability in their families, schools, and communities. We believe Food Justice is Social Justice.
Click here for the Books for Babes wish list and use code BFBKY for 20% off wish list items.
Books for Babes is a local 501 c(3) that provides books and early learning materials to newborn babies and their caregivers at local hospitals.
Click here for the Backside wish list and use code BLC for 20% off wish list items.
The Backside Learning Center is an independent, non-profit organization building community and enriching the lives of equine workers and their families at Churchill Downs racetrack.
Click here for Georgia's wish list and use code GSP for 20% off wish list items.
Georgia's Sweet Potato Pie Company donates Infant, toddler, preschool, and elementary books that promote Love, Inclusion, Acceptance, Character Building, Resilience, & Diversity.
Click here for the KRM wish list and use code KRM for 20% off wish list items.
Kentucky Refugee Ministries works to resettle refugees and welcome immigrants. Through KRM, you encourage hope, advocate for newcomers, and transform the lives of those seeking safety.