Appalachian Edge Free Market is volunteer based and run by community members and is set up in a public space in Adams County once a month. Think thrift stores including non-perishable foods and fresh produce from our community aid garden, reproductive healthcare items, harm reduction items, bath and body products and much more but everything is free. The Free Market is a community mutual aid effort to ensure our communities sustainability and survival while also lessening folks' consumption. With the increase in basic costs and the defunding of public services we are wanting to ensure folks can access what they need as well as what they could want. We hope this effort creates a rise in folks lessening their consumption for the planet's survival. It is for the community, by the community. Everything donated to the market is from our community members or those who are wanting to support these efforts. No questions asked. When basic needs are met, families and individuals can focus on each other and ourselves and actually live life. Donate to those who are putting it right back into the community where it's needed instead of to corporations that sell them back to us. We are also in need of some equipment such as a canopy, more folding tables, portable shelving and are trying to raise funds to secure a storage unit and a trailer to help us store and haul the market.

"Mutual aid is collective coordination to meet each other's needs usually from systems we have in place are not going to meet them. As we face more worsening conditions, we must come together and create pathways to sustain ourselves and keep each other safe."

We have clothing right now but are unfortunately not accepting more clothing or large items and toys until we find a permanent storage and affordable storage space.