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 2024 alone we collectively raised $13,480 for local non-profits!
Take a look at the impact you made in your community:
- Fox Haven Farm -$725
- Heartly House – $725
- The Arc of Frederick County – $725
- Mid-Atlantic German Shepherd Rescue -$725
- Literacy Council of Frederick -$849
- 4 Season Giving Tree – $849
- Maryland Pesticide Education Network – $849
- Operations Paws for Home -$849
- Middle Ridge Animal Rescue – $777.50
- Future Harvest – $777.50
- Platoon 22 – $777.50
- Blessings in a Backpack – $777.50
- Red Wiggler Community Farm – $887.65
- Farm to School Frederick – $887.65
- Frederick Mental Health Association – $887.65
- Frederick Friends of Our County Animal Shelter – $887.65
- Frederick County Food Council – $856
- Interfaith Housing Alliance – $856
- The Umbrella Project -$856
- Frederick Human Society – $856
- Recycle My Battery – $856
- Hospice of Frederick – $856
- Advocates for Homeless Families – $856
- Animal Welfare League of Frederick County – $961
- Seed of Life CSA – $961
- Community Table Project – $961
- Friends of the Child Advocacy Center – $961
- 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
- Poplar Springs Animal Sanctuary – $639
- Potomac Conservancy – $639
- Religious Coalition – $639
- Sleep in Heavenly Peace – $639
- Red Wiggler Community Farm – $653
- Daybreak Adult Day Services – $653
- Student Homelessness Initiative Project – $653
- Middle Ridge Animal Sanctuary – $653
- Backyard Basecamp- $594
- Woman to Woman Mentoring- $594
- I Believe in Me- $594
- Tip Me Frederick- $594
- Community Fare- $613
- The Arc of Frederick County- $613
- The Umbrella Project- $613
- Maryland Horse Rescue- $613
- Maryland Pesticide Education Network- $687
- Wells House- $687
- Advocates for Homeless Families- $687
- Frederick County Humane Society- $687
- 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
- Partners in Care- $1,965
- C&O Canal Trust- $1,965
- Tails of Hope- $1,965
- Heartly House- $1,965
- Future Harvest- $700
- Frederick Mental Health Association- $700
- Operation Paws for Homes- $700
- Children of Incarcerated Parents Project- $700
- Maryland Pesticide Education Network- $613.50
- Frederick Health Hospice- $613.50
- Student Homelessness Initiative Partnership (SHIP)- $613.50
- Frederick County Humane Society- $613.50
- 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
- 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
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!
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
