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Shop With Purpose: Support These Non-Profits at Buffalo Exchange!

Grow Dat Youth Farm Volunteers

 

Your next trip to Buffalo Exchange can make a huge impact on communities and organizations all around you! Instead of offering single-use plastic bags for your sustainable style hauls, Buffalo Exchange gives out 5¢ tokens (the cost of a plastic bag) that customers can donate to one of three rotating local non-profits! As a result, our Tokens for Bags® program has kept over 19.2 million plastic bags from piling at a landfill or littering our streets while raising over $962,840 for thousands of local charities.

Youth Volunteers at Community Gardens of Tucson

Support Community Gardens of Tucson at BE Tucson

The Community Gardens of Tucson promotes sustainable agriculture and strengthens community connections through accessible garden spaces. Their mission focuses on enhancing food security while offering educational workshops and volunteer opportunities. The organization currently manages over 20 community gardens, serving more than 400 families and engaging hundreds of volunteers each year. Shop at BE Tucson today and give your 5¢ to the Community Gardens of Tucson!

Help Our Furry Friends at BE Phoenix – Tempe

Friends for Life Animal Rescue is dedicated to rescuing and re-homing abandoned and neglected animals in Arizona. The organization rescues over 1,000 animals each year and offers various programs, including adoption services, spay/neuter assistance and outreach initiatives. Friends for Life aims to improve the lives of animals and find them loving homes. Shop at BE Phoenix – Tempe and help a furry friend at the same time!

Mat at Friends For Life Red Carpet
Dove with member of the Palomacy Pigeon & Dove Adoption

BE San Francisco – Mission District Is For the Birds!

Palomacy Pigeon & Dove Adoption works on rescuing and re-homing pigeons and doves. Their mission focuses on providing a safe haven for these birds while educating the public about their needs. The organization rescues hundreds of birds each year, offering adoption services, rehabilitation and outreach programs to raise awareness about the importance of pigeons and doves in our communities. When you shop at BE San Francisco – Mission District, you can help give these deserving birds a loving home!

Support EverFree at BE Fullerton

Everfree is committed to providing mental health support to individuals and families affected by trauma, grief and loss, offering resources like counseling, workshops and therapy animal services to over 1,000 clients. The organization also focuses on community engagement to break the stigma surrounding mental health. Want to help? Choose Everfree on your next stop at BE Fullerton!

Members at Everfree
Volunteers at Grow Dat Youth Farm

Nurture Our Youth at BE New Orleans

Grow Dat Youth Farm is an education-centered nonprofit that cultivates the leadership potential of New Orleans-area young adults ages 15-24 through five different leadership programs. Their mission is to nurture a diverse group of young leaders through the meaningful work of growing food. Through our educational initiatives, sustainable farming practices and inclusive organizational culture, we contribute to a more equitable New Orleans. Support them by shopping at BE New Orleans!

Help Build Community at BE Bellingham

Creative Justice builds community while disrupting systems of exploitation. With a simple mission to accelerate lasting freedom for all, they work together to examine the root causes of incarceration, like systemic racism and other forms of oppression. Stop by BE Bellingham and make a difference!

Volunteer at Creative Justice

These are just a handful of amazing non-profits that you can support through our Tokens for Bags® program on your next Buffalo trip! Don’t see your city above? Find out which organizations your local Buffalo Exchange supports, then stop by to shop for a cause!