So you’re participating in our Courage of One Challenge with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part I and you want to learn more about poverty alleviation in Central America? For people living in poverty, keeping financially afloat is a constant struggle as lack of savings means that many families are …
Courage of One Challenge: Poverty Quiz on the United States
So you’re participating in our Courage of One Challenge with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part I and you want to learn more about poverty in the United States? Poverty is the most pressing problem facing the world. It either magnifies the devastation of other global issues like HIV or …
Courage of One Challenge: Poverty Quiz on Sub-Saharan Africa
So you’re participating in our Courage of One Challenge with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part I and you want to learn more about Sub-Saharan Africa?
Amazing Grass Commits $50,000 in 2015
We are thrilled to have Amazing Grass join our Supplier Alliance for Microcredit fund in 2015, committing $50,000 for microcredit, reaching 270 individuals. Thanks to Landon from Amazing Grass for contributing this post! Amazing Grass is from farms not factories! Our family roots date back over 70 years of perfecting the growing harvesting, dehydrating and …
Mobile Microfinance Solutions in West Africa
Additional funding from Whole Planet Foundation (WPF) grows the partnership with Aga Khan Development Network for mobile microfinance solutions and improving the options for families in West Africa. In one of the world’s poorest regions, WPF and its partners are exploring how to use mobile technology to expand savings services …
Alleviating Poverty In Vietnam
We are proud to announce our second generation project with TYM in Vietnam. Our commitment of $1,003,000 over the next 3 years will assist TYM in expanding low cost collateral free credit in two new provinces that are characterized as poor and remote. The goal is to provide additional opportunities …
Zen and the Art of Doing Good
A big thanks to Kristi Omdahl from Core Power Yoga for contributing to this post. All of us at CorePower Yoga are thrilled to be a part of Denver Arts & Venues inaugural Yoga on the Rocks at Red Rocks Amphitheatre and partner with Whole Foods Market and Whole Planet …
The Whole Foods Market Passage to India
A big thank you to Sara from The Miracle Foundation for contributing this blog post. The Miracle Foundation, a partner with the Whole Foods Market Team Member Volunteer Program, is proud to announce two upcoming trips to India. In August, and again in September, thirteen team members will join Austin’s …
Weekend Hashtag Project: #WPFcolor
Thanks to everyone who participated in our weekend hashtag project #WPFcolor. This past weekend we asked participants to create photographs based on the vibrant colors that surround us daily. Be on the look out for more weekend projects coming soon and for your chance to be featured. Here are some …
Instagram Weekend Hashtag Project
Weekend Hashtag Project: #WPFcolor We — @WholePlanet on Instagram — are hosting weekend hashtag projects and we want you to participate! The goal of this project is to encourage participants to share COLOR. Vibrant colors surround us every day in our clothes, home and even food. Over the weekend we …