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Giving Back

Bring-A-Bag is back and has gone digital!  Common Market’s Bring-a-Bag for Change Program encourages shoppers to reuse bags and reduce waste by offering a 5¢ charitable donation for each reusable bag used at checkout.  This program is a win-win—it keeps single-use bags out of the waste stream and gives back to organizations in the community.

Each quarter we select four non-profits to support through this program. These non-profits represent the categories of Children & Families, Environmental Protection, Animal Welfare, and Community.  At the end of the quarter, donations are combined with a percentage of sales from a chosen day, then a check is mailed to each non-profit.  Through our new digital donation process, your contribution will be divided evenly between the four local charities.

Below are the selected non-profits for this quarter:

 


Since 2007, your co-op has…
Saved 365,255 bags from the waste stream and donated $231,397 to local charities!
In 2023 alone we collectively raised $10,272 for local non-profits!
Take a look at the impact you made in your community:
October – December 2023
  • Recycle My Battery – $856
  • Hospice of Frederick – $856
  • Advocates for Homeless Families – $856
July – September 2023
  • Animal Welfare League of Frederick County – $961
  • Seed of Life CSA – $961
  • Community Table Project – $961
  • Friends of the Child Advocacy Center – $961

April – June 2023
  • 4-H Therapeutic Riding Club of Frederick County – $682
  • Land & Cultural Preservation Fund – $682
  • Mission of Mercy – $682
  • Boys & Girls Club of Frederick County – $682

January – March 2023
  • Poplar Springs Animal Sanctuary – $639
  • Potomac Conservancy – $639
  • Religious Coalition – $639
  • Sleep in Heavenly Peace – $639

October – December 2022
  • Red Wiggler Community Farm – $653
  • Daybreak Adult Day Services – $653
  • Student Homelessness Initiative Project – $653
  • Middle Ridge Animal Sanctuary – $653

July-September 2022
  • Backyard Basecamp- $594
  • Woman to Woman Mentoring- $594
  • I Believe in Me- $594
  • Tip Me Frederick- $594

April- June 2022
  • Community Fare- $613
  • The Arc of Frederick County- $613
  • The Umbrella Project- $613
  • Maryland Horse Rescue- $613

January-March 2022
  • Maryland Pesticide Education Network- $687
  • Wells House- $687
  • Advocates for Homeless Families- $687
  • Frederick County Humane Society- $687

October- December 2021
  • Red Wiggler Community Farm- $1,977
  • Literacy Council of Frederick County- $1,977
  • Sleep in Heavenly Peace- $1,977
  • Poplar Springs Animal Sanctuary-$1, 977

July-September 2021
  • Partners in Care- $1,965
  • C&O Canal Trust- $1,965
  • Tails of Hope- $1,965
  • Heartly House- $1,965

April-June 2021
  • Future Harvest- $700
  • Frederick Mental Health Association- $700
  • Operation Paws for Homes- $700
  • Children of Incarcerated Parents Project- $700

January- March 2021
  • Maryland Pesticide Education Network- $613.50
  • Frederick Health Hospice- $613.50
  • Student Homelessness Initiative Partnership (SHIP)- $613.50
  • Frederick County Humane Society- $613.50

October-December 2020
  • Housing Authority of the City of Frederick- $581.73
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation- $581.73
  • Advocates for Homeless Families- $581.73
  • Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary- $581.73

July- September 2020
  • Showing Up For Racial Justice- $498.00
  • Potomac Conservancy- $498.00
  • I Believe in Me- $498.00
  • Animal Welfare League of Frederick County- $498.00

April- June 2020

While the Bring-A-Bag program was paused due to Corona Virus, Common Market donated $1,120 worth of non-perishable goods to the Frederick Health Hospital Staff to support their tireless work keeping us safe and healthy!

January – March 2020
  • Student Homelessness Initiative Partnership -$1,509.85
  • Future Harvest -$1,456.75
  • Baltimore Animal Rescue & Care Shelter -$1,899.60
  • Daybreak Adult Day Services -$1,318.30

October – December 2019
  • Red Wiggler Community Farm – $2,108.57
  • Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership – $2,247.84
  • Woman to Woman Mentoring – $2,196.63
  • Frederick Friends of our County Animal Shelter – $2,587.88

July – September 2019
  • Frederick Mental Health Association – $1,242.12
  • Maryland Pesticide Education Network – $1,298.94
  • Tails of Hope – $1,357.98
  • Blessings in a Backpack – $1,303.28

April  – June 2019
  • Heartly House – $1,203.36
  • Seed of Life Nurseries – $1,172.38
  • 4-H Therapeutic Riding – $1,174.12
  • Hospice of Frederick – 1,311.05

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