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As you most likely know, Whole Foods Market is turning 30 and our Union Square store came up with a wonderful way to celebrate by raising awareness and funds for Grameen America.Here is what Donna Khalife of Grameen America had to say about it: "The BBQ was a success, with a line around the corner the entire time! We raised $2,300 in a matter of hours. We charged only $2 for a hot dog and a drink, and $3 for sausage and a drink (we could probably increase prices a little next time!). All the food and drinks were donated from various companies, so all the proceeds we generated went to Grameen America. We had many options available: vegetarian, vegan, whole wheat buns, etc. To tie the BBQ to Grameen America, we handed out our one-page summaries to people in line so they could read about us while waiting, and feel even better about the cause they were supporting when eating their hot dogs! We also positioned our posters so that people could read them while they were in line. Our goal for the event was to raise donations of course, but also to continue building our grassroots network and expose people to Grameen America and to the existence of poverty in the U.S."To read more go to the Grameen America Blog.
Columbus Circle hosted a WPF appreciation brunch on Monday, May 24th for the top 3 team members who really made an impact in this year’s campaign in each of our 6 Manhattan stores. Monica Woodard, Marketing Team Leader of the Columbus Circle WFM had this to say:"The brunch was lovely, we served:Asparagus & Gruyere Quiche, Polivio’s Special Dish (Poached egg, bacon, & tomato sauce), Cheese Grits, Fruit Skewers, Boneless BBQ Chicken Fingers, Plantains, Coffee, 365 Water Bottles, 365 Italian Sparkling Soda, and Whole Planet Foundation decorated Black & White cake. It was so much fun! We discussed best practices and shared experiences from city store to city store."
Our Rocky Mountain Bakehouse Sweets team made this teabread with fair-trade organic dried mangoes, bananas, pineapple and coconut as a tribute to microlending efforts. 50 cents from every customer purchase benefited the Whole Planet Foundation. We were able to generate $169 of proceeds from Q2 sales. Yeay! Let's eat more teabread.
Mike Hardy, Facility Team Leader of Whole Foods Market's Braselton Distribution Center in the South Region has this to say about his Region's "Green Day" event held at Braselton. "All of our stores and facilities participated in this event on April 24th educating our customers, team members, and vendors about all the great enviro-friendly products we sell as well as things we do for the environment each and every day. With all the rain we had that Saturday, we had to move it indoors but we still had a great time.We had the Jackson County fire truck here and a fun play area for the kids to play games, learn gardening and get tattoos. We had our Braselton charity car wash, raffle and cook out to raise money, and had educational booths as well. We were able to raise $1,713.37 for Whole Planet Foundation to fund microlending programs around the globe.I want to thank our team members here at Braselton, Jackson county visitors, and our vendors for helping in this very cool event."Thank you WFM Braselton team members and the local community for supporting poverty alleviation through Whole Planet Foundation.
Gracie's enthusiasm and persistance really paid off. She helped raise over $2,800 all by herself at the Pasadena Whole Foods Market during our Whole Planet Campaign! She says "It felt great to be able to help collect the money for such a great cause!" Pasadena surpassed our goal, and we could not have done it without Gracie's help!
We are offering a split donation to the World Food Programme and Whole Planet Foundation this summer! Our team members and families have been tie dying FEED 100 bags for an extra $5 donation to WPF!
Inspired by her 5 year old daughter’s desire to save trees, local Mom Vicki Scataglini founded the grassroots initiative Gaia Bag in 2008. This Earth Day will mark Gaia Bag’s second annual Whole Foods Market event where a total of 10,000 free bags have been distributed to Whole Foods Market customers. This year’s program includes a $1050.00 donation to the Whole Planet Foundation. Gaia Bag is committed to donating 25 cents for every bag made to the Whole Planet Foundation. Gaia Bag’s business model is based on conscious capitalism. “Every business decision considers the impact on the environment and our global society, including our choice of a green certified manufacturer that started as a non-profit to employ impoverished women from a remote village near Rahajastan, India”, said Vicki Scataglini. It is the dream of Vicki Scataglini and her daughter, Julia to broaden their reach to every Whole Foods Market store across the US and raise $100,000 annually for the Whole Planet Foundation.
All team leaders put their faces on the line for the Whole Planet Foundation. Each team leader had a jar with their name on it. Team members put pennies and bills in the jar of the team leader who they wanted to get pie-d, and silver coins in the jars of the team leaders who they wanted to protect. We collected $432.02 over 6 weeks, with over $100 coming on the last day to surge our Store Team Leader Bryan to an unexpected win. No one knew until our pie-launcher picked him out of the lineup at our April 1 all-store meeting!
The Whole Foods Market Quarry store in San Antonio auctioned several beautiful guitars decorated by their Store Team Leader, team members and even one signed by John Mackey himself! With the auction they raised $455 to empower impoverished women around the globe through microcredit. What a creative idea! Thanks Quarry team members!
This past weekend at the Whole Foods Market Lamar store in downtown Austin, we had our first annual rummage sale and carnival. Our rummage sale was all team member donations and we recieved some awesome stuff. We raised an amazing $1506!!!!! The carnival was geared towards families with games for children, food, and art. The star of the carnival was the chocolate covered frozen bananas. We had a team member dressed in a banana outfit and a vendor cart to wheel all around and serve up this froozen treat. We made $430. We had a great time and raised alot.
