Earth Week Give 2025
Register by April 14!
BottleDrop Give is celebrating Earth Day and Earth Week by hosting our 5th Annual Earth Week Give event, a combination of matching funds raised and a social media contest with prizes.
Up to $55,000 in matching funds and prizes will be awarded to participating nonprofits.
Read below for full details.
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How to Participate
- Register your nonprofit for Earth Week Give by 11:59pm on April 14, 2025.
- Raise funds for your BottleDrop Give account by dropping your Blue Bags at any bag drop location and encouraging online donations from BottleDrop Green Bag accounts to receive a 20% match from BottleDrop Give on funds raised from April 15 – 26, 2025. We’ll be distributing up to $50,000 in matching funds!
- Encourage online donations from BottleDrop Green Bag accounts by making a post on social media on weekdays between April 15 – 25, 2025, for a chance to win a prize! We’ll select 50 lucky winners to each receive a $100 prize. We’ll be distributing a total of $5,000 in social media contest prizes!
- Receive 20% match deposited directly to your BottleDrop Give account by May 19, 2025.
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Timeline
- Now – April 14: Register your nonprofit for Earth Week Give – you’ll receive an email confirming your registration! If you don’t receive this email, please check your Spam or Junk folder. Participants will also be added to a special page on our website that lists all registered nonprofits. Please allow up to 3 business days for your organization to appear on this list.
- April 15 – 25: Post on social media for a chance to win a prize!
- April 15 – 26: Raise funds with BottleDrop to be eligible for 20% match!
- By May 19: Receive 20% match deposited directly to your BottleDrop Give account – we’ll notify you via email once the funds have been deposited!
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Details on the 20% Match
- Eligible fundraisers must register by 11:59pm on April 14, 2025, to participate in Earth Week Give. Please note – you only have to register once to be included in both the match and contest.
- Only funds raised through Blue Bags and/or online donations from BottleDrop Green Bag accounts during the specified time (April 15 – 26) are eligible for the 20% match, not funds previously raised and held in BottleDrop Give accounts prior to April 15, 2025.
- Fundraisers must adhere to all Give Terms & Conditions or matching for that fundraiser may be voided. Please be sure to familiar yourself and your supporters with these.
- Fundraisers must follow daily bag limits (15 bags total per nonprofit, per day without a pre-scheduled appointment). For reference, this is a maximum of 250 Blue Bags throughout the total match period.
- Fundraisers may schedule up to 2 appointments (1 per week) during the match period.
- Funds raised during match period, up to an individual cap of $2,000 per fundraiser, will receive a 20% match, for a maximum of $400 in matching funds from BottleDrop per fundraiser.
- BottleDrop will contribute a maximum of $50,000 in matching funds. Blue Bags and donations will be matched at 20% on a first-come, first-served basis, by the date and time the online donation was received or Blue Bag was processed until April 26, 2025, or when overall cap is met, whichever occurs first.
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Social Media Contest Details
We’ll be selecting a total of 50 winners throughout the social media contest to each win a $100 prize on weekdays during the match period. To participate in our social media contest, Fundraisers must register for Earth Week Give, publicly post content on social media, and post(s) must clearly identify the nonprofit organization.
To enter our Earth Week Give Social Media Contest, make a public post on Facebook or Instagram between April 15 – 25, 2025, and include the following:
- A recent photo or video of someone or something associated with your nonprofit (ex: staff, volunteer, beneficiary, animal, mascot, beverage container, etc.) with at least one BottleDrop bag (Blue or Green)
- In the text accompanying your post, include information on how people can support your work through BottleDrop (ex: donating containers directly to your organization, filling one of your Blue Bags, making an online donation from a BottleDrop Green Bag account, etc.)
- Posts must include the hashtags #EarthWeekGive2025 and #BottleDropGive and tag @oregonbottledrop.
Posts can be made by the nonprofit account or by individual supporters if they are public and meet all the requirements listed above. We encourage you to be creative and have fun!
On weekdays from April 15 – 25, we’ll select a total of 50 lucky winners to each receive a $100 prize, deposited directly to the nonprofit’s BottleDrop Give account.
Participants agree to allow their content, such as photos, videos, or text, to be used and shared by BottleDrop for promotional purposes.
Earth Week Give Frequently Asked Questions
Earth Week Give registration is only open to active BottleDrop Give fundraisers. Each fundraiser needs to complete our registration form to be eligible for this specific promotion. Please note: each organization only needs to complete the registration form once to be eligible for both the match and the social media contest.
After submitting your registration form, you should receive an email at the email address entered in the form with a copy of your registration. If you don’t see this email in your Inbox, check your Spam or Junk folders. Please note: each organization only needs to register once to be eligible for both the match and the social media contest.
NEW THIS YEAR: Participants will also be added to a special page on our website that lists all registered nonprofits. Please allow up to 3 business days for your organization to appear on this list. Once your organization’s name is listed, it will also be linked to your specific donation page. BottleDrop Green Bag customers can donate from their online account directly to your account through your personalized link. If you wish to update the information that appears at your donation link, you can do this through your online account in the “Fundraiser Information” tab.
Only currently active BottleDrop Give Blue Bag fundraisers are eligible to register for Earth Week Give. Please wait until your account is activated to register.
BottleDrop Give will match 20% of funds raised through Blue Bags and online donations from Green Bag accounts between April 15 – 26, 2025.
Yes, fundraisers are still limited to returning a total of 15 Blue Bags per nonprofit per day. If you have multiple people dropping bags for your nonprofit, please coordinate with them or encourage supporters to only return 1-2 bags per day to ensure you are not exceeding the total daily limit.
Yes, fundraisers can make an appointment at full-service BottleDrop Redemption Centers to drop up to 50 Blue Bags. During this special promotion, fundraisers can schedule up to 2 appointments (1 per week). Appointments are limited and will be booked on a first-come, first-served basis.
Fundraisers can request an appointment by emailing fundraisers@bottledrop.com. In your email, please state the full-service Redemption Center location, date, and time you would like to visit. Appointments are available Monday – Saturday, between 9am – 2pm.
Visit our Nonprofit Search and type in your organization’s name as it appears on your account. If you are unsure how your nonprofit’s name appears on your account, log into your account and view the name that appears to the left of your current balance. This is also the name that appears on your bag tag stickers.
Log in to your online account and click the “Fundraiser Information” box from the menu of options on the left side of the screen. You can edit the description that appears on your donation page, the category associated with your nonprofit, and the city where you are located.
We recommend including information in your description for interested supporters – such as how they can obtain Blue Bags, contact information for questions, and how funds are used to help support your mission.
The social media contest will run on weekdays from April 15 – 25, 2025.
Fundraisers can enter the social media contest as many times as they would like, but each nonprofit can only win once.
We will comment on each winning entry to alert you that the post was selected as a winner. Prize funds will be deposited directly to your BottleDrop Give account the same day.
NEW THIS YEAR: Daily winners will be recognized on BottleDrop media platforms as well as the Earth Week Give Social Contest Winners page on BottleDrop.com.
We do our best to “like” each post. If you are nervous that we haven’t seen your post, send us a direct message on the social platform your posts appears on with a link to your post.
Yes! We are committed to our 7-day processing timeframe and will match bags processed within 7 days of the end of the match period, as matching funds allow.
Matching funds will be deposited to your BottleDrop Give account by May 19. We will send an email to the address used to register for Earth Week Give when funds have been added to your account.
Yes, each nonprofit can receive a 20% match on up to $2,000 in funds raised (for a maximum of $400 in matching funds per nonprofit).
We calculated how many bags could be dropped during the 12-day match period and then compared it with data from our 2024 Earth Week Give campaign.
Our reasoning is listed below:
- Estimated Amount Raised from Blue Bags
- The maximum number of bags allowed to be dropped during the match period is 250 bags with 2 pre-scheduled appointments.
- 15 bags allowed per day x 10 days = 150 bags
- 50 bags allowed per appointment day x 2 days = 100 bags
- The average value of a Blue Bag dropped during Earth Week Give 2024 was $7.06.
- 250 Blue Bags x $7.06 = $1,765.00
- The maximum number of bags allowed to be dropped during the match period is 250 bags with 2 pre-scheduled appointments.
- Estimated Amount Raised from Online Donations
- The average online donation made during Earth Week Give 2024 was $42.61.
- Fundraisers are not limited to the number of online donations they may receive from Green Bag accounts during the match period, but they are included in the individual Fundraiser cap.
- Formula Totals
- $1,765 from Blue Bags + $43 from online donations = $1,808 total raised
- We rounded this up to $2,000, in case your bag values and online donations are above average.
- $2,000 raised x 20% match = potential $400 in matching funds from BottleDrop Give
2025 Earth Week Give Registration
Thank You
Thank you for participating in the BottleDrop Give Blue Bag program. We appreciate the thousands of Oregon nonprofits who fundraise with us for fundraising. We are proud to support the incredible work you do across our beautiful state.
Please be considerate of our staff and mindful of other nonprofits and other customers while participating in this campaign – we’re all in this together! Remember to register by April 14 and don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. We look forward to celebrating Earth Day and Earth Week with you!
