A Nickel For Your Thoughts

by bethesda, May 5, 2009 | Permalink

Nickels for Non-Profits recipients Dave Feldman with Bethesda Green and Susan Kirk with Bethesda cares join Jill Ward with Whole Foods Market to make the organizations first donations.

On Friday, May 1^st we launched Nickels for Non-Profits. This new program is one more way Whole Foods Market customers can give back to your community. Each time you shop Whole Foods Market with your reusable shopping bags you’ll be given the option of applying your 5¢ bag refund to your grocery bill or donating it to one of the month’s selected non-profits! 5 reusable bags equals a 25¢ donation…it’s that easy. And each nickel counts!

In order to kick-off this exciting new program we’re proud to partner with 2 amazing non-profits doing great work for the Bethesda community. Bethesda Cares and Bethesda Green are wonderful examples of what makes living, working and playing in Bethesda so unique.

Bethesda Cares, Inc. was founded in 1988 with the purpose of providing services to the homeless on the street and preventing homelessness by helping with financial grants that keep people facing eviction in their homes. For people on the street, who are primarily men, they provide food, clothing and medical care among other services. For people living on the margin, who are primarily single women with children, they provide the safety net.

Bethesda Green is new on the scene, but already making a big name for itself. As a non-profit committed to reducing the community’s environmental footprint, attracting environmentally-conscious consumers, and promoting an environmental ethic, Whole Foods Market is glad to support their work in the community.

Both of these organizations are worthy of your donation. We hope the next time you shop with us you’ll consider donating your bag refund to one or both of them.

If you would like to suggest a future Nickels for Non-Profits recipient, please email Jill Ward, Marketing Specialist/Community Liaison.