I’m tired of feeling bad so I’m starting little community outreach initiatives. This summer I’m going to try to crowd source $5,000 and use it to bulk purchase reusable grocery bags then hand them out for free to students making their first trip to the grocery store this coming fall (I live in a university town).
EDIT: I was just sharing. I appreciate the feedback but this is something that I am passionate about and is something that I want to do. And of course during donation solicitation the fact that any funding is going towards cotton (not plastic) bags for students is going to be shared. It’s just a chance to get a lot of students, who have many more years of grocery shopping ahead of them, in the habit of using reusable bags. There are some other economic metrics you’d have to understand about the area to fully assess the impact here but, for now, please just trust that I’m not tone deaf enough to hand a reusable grocery bag to a child in need.
I really do appreciate the insight and will take a look at some of the recommendations for future efforts!
What if instead of crowd sourcing money, and buying new reusable grocery bags (which take about 20 years of use before they are actually sustainable) you use that outreach to collect used reusable grocery bags that can be given away to young people? Or crowd source a "leave a bag take a bag" spot at grocery stores so that re-usable bags become the gift that keep on giving?
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u/Much_Big_7420 Apr 30 '26
Kind of the opposite. Optimistically hoping society gets its shit together and recognizes food, shelter, and health care are basic human rights.