Give Back in Newburyport: SHAWS Reusable Bag Program Aims to Eliminate Single-Use Plastics While Donating to Local Non-Profits

(Newburyport, MA) – This year, local community non-profits are more in need of support than in any other time in the recent years’ past. Now shoppers can give back to the local community and help to reduce single-use plastics by purchasing a special reusable bag at Shaw’s. Opportunity Works has been selected by local Shaw’s store leadership as the benefiting non-profit in the Shaw’s GIVE BACK WHERE IT COUNTS Bag Program for the month of October!

The Shaw’s GIVE BACK WHERE IT COUNTS Bag Program is designed to give back to the local community with every reusable bag purchased. Every $2.50 reusable GIVE BACK WHERE IT COUNTS bag sold supports a non-profit local to the store in which it was purchased. This program offers a way for shoppers to give back as part of the regular weekly routine.

Every month, at every Shaw’s location a different local non-profit is selected to benefit from the sale of these special reusable GIVE BACK WHERE IT COUNTS bags. Opportunity Works was selected as the October beneficiary by local store leadership at the store located at 45 Storey Ave., Newburyport MA. Opportunity Works will receive a $1 donation for every $2.50 reusable GIVE BACK WHERE IT COUNTS bag purchased at this location in October. 

With locations in Newburyport and Haverhill, Opportunity Works is a 501(c)3 private, non-for-profit corporation serving more than 300 men and women, ranging in age from 22 to 85, who come from 24 Merrimack Valley/North Shore communities. Opportunity Works enhances the quality of life of people with disabilities by empowering individuals and promoting a culture of dignity and respect through integration, inclusion and independence.

For more information about the Shaw’s GIVE BACK WHERE IT COUNTS Bag Program, please visit https://shaws.bags4mycause.com/non-profit-resources/