BYO Bag for Change

A simple step to sustainability, because Montanans care.

Thank you for supporting the efforts of the Valley of the Flowers Project, a new non-profit with a mission to help communities become sustainable. Please purchase a $5.00 50/50 Raffle ticket , and have a chance to win a $2,500 if 1000 tickets are sold. Drawing 4/22 at the MSU Earth day event.

Rosauer’s. Heebs, and half dozen other local stores give customers a $.05 (or .$.10) refund when they use a reusable bag, and, now with BYO Bag for Change,you can donate your bag refund to local sustainability efforts. Ask your cashier to add your nickel to the BYO Bag grant recipient.

The grantees are: Story Mill Parks food forest by Broken Ground Permaculture and TransitionTowns Bozeman; Montana Outdoor Science School’s programs in local schools; Big Sky Youth Empowerment’s Summer of Service programs and permanent recycling bins in Bogert park by the Valley of the Flowers Project and Bogert Farmer’s Market.

Montanans are setting the example of how to be better stewards of our planet without a tax or ban, because we care. The educational kiosks will help customers learn about negative environmental effects of single-use plastics : from the deaths of millions of animals, to 5 large gyres in our world’s oceans, to plastic bits called “nurdles" on every beach in the world, to biomagnification up the food chain into our own bodies.

The motivation to raise funds for community building programs, plus doing the right thing for the sake of future generations is a win-win. Using a reusable bag just once saves enough energy to light an LED lightbulb for a week. Just like the bees making honey, every tiny contribution is important. When lots of people take the time and effort to take the best care possible of our last best place, it really will add up to make a big difference.

Visit valleyoftheflowersproject.org (a 501c3 sponsored by CORA), or find us on Facebook.