Frequently Asked Questions
Bags 4 My Cause is designed to enable shoppers to easily support their local communities while simultaneously empowering retail partners to demonstrate corporate social responsibility with minimal effort. Through this program, each of our retail partners’ store locations selects a local nonprofit to benefit from monthly reusable bag sales. As selected organizations promote their benefiting month, Bags 4 My Cause drives new and existing shoppers to participating stores, spikes net reusable bag sales, and surges earned media for our retail partners.
According to Feeding America, every $1 donation allows hunger organization partners to secure and distribute at least 10 meals to people in need. This means that every reusable bag sold through Bags 4 My Cause can provide 10 meals to people experiencing food insecurity in your stores’ local communities. To learn more, read this article by Feeding America.
We estimate that one purchased reusable bag will be used at least six times per year. We also estimate that each time a reusable bag is used it equates to five single-use bags that are not used. We are confident in this assessment, as it is a very conservative estimate compared to other findings.
No, there is no limit to the amount of donations a nonprofit can receive from the Bags 4 My Cause Program.
At all participating locations, store managers select a new benefiting nonprofit every month. Empowered by our proprietary store management portal, store managers can easily make informed selections for the entire quarter in just minutes. Our team ensures that each available nonprofit’s cause information, participation history, and total donations are clearly visible on the portal. To optimize program performance, we encourage store managers to diversify their nonprofit selections as much as possible.
With minimal effort and no extra cost to your banner, Bags 4 My Cause is proven to surge earned media for your brand and drive a significant increase in gross margin within all participating stores. Our team handles every step, from nonprofit vetting all the way through to donation distribution! The only thing your store managers need to do is make quarterly nonprofit selections and print monthly sign cards, both of which can be accomplished in minutes.