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Attention budding artists: Design the next Fresh Market shopping bag

By Shelia Poole
Jan 8, 2016

Think you have the creative juice to design The Fresh Market's next reusable shopping bag?

The specialty grocer is seeking entries from young artists for the limited-edition 2016 bag.

There's also a do-gooder angle here: Fresh Market will donate 50 percent of the retail price of each bag sold to  No Kid Hungry, which works to end childhood hunger, with a minimum donation of $150,000 in 2016.

Think your child is a young Michelangelo? Paint brushes and art pencils to the ready.

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The contest is open to children age 15 and younger. They should submit a drawing that answers the question “What is the best thing about The Fresh Market?”

Drawing templates are available at all The Fresh Market locations. The top two artists, voted on by employees, will have their designs printed on the reusable bags.

In addition, the winners of the Design Our Bag Challenge will each receive a $200 gift card for The Fresh Market and a swag bag filled with an artist kit and good eats. Each of The Fresh Market’s stores nationwide will also get to award their stores’ top two finalists with a $50 gift card. The contest runs through Feb. 2.

About the Author

Shelia has worked at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for more than 30 years. Previously, she worked at The Lexington Herald-Leader and The Louisville Defender. Her beat is a bit of a mixed bag that includes religion and spirituality, culture and trends, race and aging. She earned degrees from Spelman College and Northwestern University.

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