Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

As Seattle gears up for the holiday shopping season, many gift-givers will be seeking out socially responsible brands and goods on which to spend their hard-earned cash. A 2014 Nielsen study found that 42 percent of consumers in North America were willing to pay more for products and services provided by companies that are committed to positive social and environmental impact.

At Seattle Cancer Care Alliance‘s two South Lake Union retail stores, Shine and Rain & Shine, shoppers can do just that.

Open to the public, these boutiques donate 100 percent of their profits from sales of locally sourced jewelry, clothing, gifts, and cancer-care specific items and services to SCCA patient and family programs. Shine’s shelves are stocked with goodies such as Glassybaby votives, sweet treats from Seattle Chocolates, books from local publishers Sasquatch and Mountaineer, Frock Shop wares and beyond. Specialty services at Shine, which is located next to the SCCA House where families stay while a loved one is undergoing treatment, include certified mastectomy bra and compression fittings, wig trims and head shaves from trained stylists and classes about intimacy.

Those services are vital for customers like the now-healthy 76-year-old Consuelo Larrabee, who after a year of radiation, a mastectomy and what she calls “two different high-tech hardcore chemo treatments,” visited Shine seeking a comfortable bra to wear during a long day of strenuous hiking. Shine’s certified fitter helped Larrabee find the right offering from Portland-based Handful, which is carried in the store.

Starting in December, SCCA is kicking off the season of benevolent giving with Fa-La-La-La Fridays (only at the Shine boutique), an extra special promotion that affords Shine shoppers 20 percent off their purchase every Friday in December. Generous gift-giving, indeed.

Visit Shine at 207 Pontius Avenue N or Rain & Shine at 825 Eastlake Avenue E inside the SCCA main clinic.