Food For Change
Feed the hungry
In October, the Common Market hosted a movie screening of the documentary Food for Change: The Story of Cooperation in America in partnership with Hood College’s Frederick Food Security Network. Nationally, the event was held with 126 co-operatives in thirty-six states. We are grateful for the opportunity to share the history of co-ops in order to strengthen the local economy and build food security.
Thanks to your generosity, we raised $2442.26 for our Feed the Hungry Campaign! This campaign supports Water Boyz and contributes to the purchase of CSA shares from House in the Woods.
All proceeds from this event were donated to Frederick Food Security Network. As an act of gratitude, Common Market matched the amount donated by movie-goers, resulting in $300 toward this worthy cause.
Cranksgiving Through the first week of November, the Common Market collected donations at checkout for the annual Cranksgiving event. Part scavenger hunt and part food drive, Cranksgiving collects food to be given to the Frederick Community Action Agency...all by bicycle. We were able to collect $1,352.93 in donations to purchase food for the drive...uh, ride. On November 17th, Cranksgiving participants stopped at the Common Market to pick up the food that was made possible because of those donations.
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Water Boyz is a congregation of local citizens that further support for the Frederick Rescue Mission, providing a turkey and meal fixings to those in need just in time for Christmas. The CSA shares are donated to the Frederick Food Bank to assist in providing healthy, fresh-picked produce to communities in need. Thanks to your donations, we can help give families an incredible holiday season.
Recycling Update! Our community really shines when it comes to recycling! The Holiday String Light recycling bin in our vestibule has been filled several times over since we started collecting in November. So far, we've collected over 400 lbs of string lights to be sent to e-End electronics recycling. Thanks for your donations!
