Jon Rich, Manager, Progress Ridge
Giving Back Comes Naturally to Us
Did you know we donate 10% of our after-tax profits to local nonprofit organizations? In 2011, we gave over $65,000 in New Seasons Market grants. We believe sharing our success with our community is just the right thing to do. We focus our support on three key areas: Feeding the hungry, educating our youth and improving our environment.
We have a special fondness for Loaves & Fishes, the Meals-On-Wheels People. Each of our stores has a weekly Meals-On-Wheels route to deliver hot food and good conversation to seniors in their neighborhood. Making a delivery is the highlight of everyone's week!
Through the School Fruit Program, we donate 100% of the profits from certain Northwest-grown, organic apples and pears to the Portland, Beaverton, North Clackamas, Hillsboro, Evergreen, Camas and Vancouver Schools Foundations. Look for the School Fruit logo in our produce department.
Door-to-door, hand-to-hand
- Schools can purchase Scrip for a 5% discount. That turns into real money.
- Benefit Barbecues support neighborhood nonprofits.
- To request a donation for a neighborhood organization, stop by your neighborhood New Seasons Market and speak with the community coordinator.
Our private label has a very public face. Each year, we set aside a portion of the profits from our New Seasons Market brand products, like milk and eggs, to support local framing efforts and help further the connection between the urban and regional food economy.
Most of the New Seasons Market Grants directly support local farmers markets — 21 of them in 2011! Farmers markets have come up with really creative ways to increase accessibility to farm-fresh food. Many of the markets have used the funds to install wireless ATM machines, which also accept SNAP, or food stamp cards. Some of them went a step further and created a matching fund program to award more dollars to SNAP users, making fresh, healthy food even more affordable. And one market created a Mobile Market, taking the farmers market into neighborhoods with little access to fresh, local food.
Hands on Greater Portland
Heart of the Community Awards 2011
Corporate Volunteer Award Winner
As a grocery store, we focus our grants primarily on supporting three key areas: feeding the hungry, educating youth and improving our environment. Does your organization or project fit into one of these key areas? If so, please continue. Fill out the form below and be sure to include your 501c3 status or tax ID number.
School donation requests should be made in person at that community's store. Due to a high volume of requests, please allow 30 days for us to get back to you.
For a donation to a neighborhood organization or school, please contact the New Seasons Market in your community and ask to speak with the Community Coordinator.
- Due to a high volume of requests, please allow 30 days for us to get back to you. Thank you for your patience!
Our Community
Community Relations
Claudia Knotek"Generous customers, fabulous staff and passionate customers, who could ask for anything more."
We were awarded the Hands on Greater Portland Heart of the Community Award for Corporate Volunteerism in 2011.
Recognition
2010 Best Award New Seasons Market is proud to be the recipient of the 2010 BEST Award in Sustainable Food Systems from The City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability.
2009 Innovation in Philanthropy In October 2009, we were pleased to receive an "Innovation in Philanthropy Award" from the Portland Business Journal.
2009 Recycler of the Year In June 2009, New Seasons Market was honored with the 2009 Recycler of the Year award for a business that demonstrates leadership in sustainability.
GOOD CO Finalist
GOOD named New Seasons Market a finalist in its The GOOD Co. Project in 2011.
2011 Recycle At Work Award New Seasons Market Raleigh Hills and Orenco Station stores were among the first 50 Washington County businesses to win Recycle at Work awards.
100 Best Green New Seasons Market was recognized as one of the 100 Best Green Companies to Work For in Oregon by Oregon Business magazine.
2011 BetterBricks Award Our very own Greg Herrenbruck was the winner of a 2011 BetterBricks Award, which honors Oregon and Southwest Washington’s leading green building professionals who own, design, build and operate commercial buildings.
100 Best Companies to Work for in Oregon 2011 Oregon Business Magazine named New Seasons Market one of the 100 Best Companies to Work for in Oregon 2011.
2011 Power Award New Seasons Market was honored with the 2011 Power Award from the Oregon Commission for the Blind. The award recognizes businesses that have hired one or more individuals served by OCB.
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