{"id":162,"date":"2012-02-28T21:25:34","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T02:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletinbag.mivamerchant.net\/blog\/?p=162"},"modified":"2025-05-29T13:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T17:00:12","slug":"use-custom-shopping-bags-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/use-custom-shopping-bags-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Use Custom Shopping Bags for Charity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Southwest Virginia, remembering to bring custom shopping bags can earn money for charity! \u201cRaising the Ante\u201d is a program at Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op in which shoppers earn a poker chip for every reusable shopping bag they use. Each chip is worth $0.05.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/roanoke-natural-foods-coop-weblogo.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-163\" alt=\"roanoke-natural-foods-coop-weblogo\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/roanoke-natural-foods-coop-weblogo.png\" width=\"551\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/roanoke-natural-foods-coop-weblogo.png 551w, https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/roanoke-natural-foods-coop-weblogo-300x59.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Customers drop their poker chips into a box representing one of four charities that change monthly. At the end of each month, all the poker chips are tallied, and that money is donated back to the charities.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of the donated funds come from the store\u2019s cost savings on paper and plastic bags. Those bags cost the store between three and nine cents each.<\/p>\n<p>Since the program began in November 2011, more than $6000 has been raised&#8211;equivalent to a reduction of 66,000 paper and plastic bags.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Southwest Virginia, remembering to bring custom shopping bags can earn money for charity! \u201cRaising the Ante\u201d is a program at Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op in which shoppers earn a poker chip for every reusable shopping bag they use. Each chip is worth $0.05. 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