Community
Commitment to the Community. Ridley's Family Markets Guidelines for Giving
Ridley's Family Markets is sincerely committed to giving back to charities in the communities we serve. We realize that our success is directly tied to the success and vitality of the communities we do business in. We also feel that we as a business, as any other business, is obligated to give back to the communities we do business in and be a valuable member of those communities. Of course no single person or business can support every single worthwhile charity or cause so we, as everyone else does, needs to select which areas we want to focus our charitable giving to.
We're presently focusing our contribution efforts on these key areas (we don't exclude other concerns, but funding for them is limited):
- Eliminating Hunger in our communities. Ridley's, being primarily a food company, has identified the support of hunger relief for the needy including food banks and other similar organizations as our primary focus for community support
- Support for young people so they can become healthy, productive, independent adults. This includes support of various academic and athletic programs. Economic development efforts to keep our communities strong.
Interested in receiving financial support from Ridley's Family Markets? Here's what to do… Step 1: Think about your request. Does it fit with our key goals described above? Step 2: Decide which donation program will work best for your organization. We currently have three main funding programs:
- Home Town Advantage: This program allows our customers to donate their Advantage Reward Points to your organization. This program is great for many larger groups who are in need of continual financial support. Funding from this program is sent to each organization four times per year. Click HERE for details
- Gift Card Fund Raising. This program is great for one time event fund raising. Your group is able to sell Ridley's gift cards to your members or others that want to support your charity and you keep 10% of all proceeds.
- Bulk Food Donations. Ridley's partners with our suppliers and customers to support hunger relief efforts throughout the year, not just during the holidays. If you are a charity in this area and need support, please fill out this form with details on what product you are in need of.
One final note: Sorry, but we are unable to give to...
- Individuals — there are many great fund raising activities to help support individuals traveling for various camps, games, conferences but unfortunately we do not focus our giving in these areas.
- Third Parties — An example would be if your group has a fundraiser to benefit a local charity. We'd rather give directly to the charity. This also applies to advertising publications, such as programs, sports calendars or guidebooks. We'd rather give directly to the group than advertise. A large percentage of donations through these advertising agencies tends to go towards printing and profits.
- Government-supported agencies other than schools.
- Sponsorships of golf tournaments.
- Pageants
- Political campaigns
- Bricks & mortar — we are unable to fund construction projects.
