Panera Bread and Panera Bread Patrons Making a Difference, Together!

Once again, Panera Bread and its patrons throughout Hardin and Warren Counties continue to support their local food bank, Feeding America, Kentucky's Heartland. 
FAKH receives a check for $3,081.21!

Small collection boxes are located next to the registers inside the above locations.  Customers and employees alike drop spare change or dollars into those collection boxes to benefit Feeding America, Kentucky's Heartland.  At the end of the year, those funds are matched through Panera's Operation Dough-Nation® program.  This year, the contribution received will enable our food bank to procure approximately 30,000 lbs of food!

So, the next time you are in Bowling Green, please stop by the Panera Bread location at 1770 Campbell Lane or if you are in Elizabethtown, drop in the 115 Towne Drive location for a delicious meal or treat.  While you are at it, drop your spare change in the collection boxes located by the registers to share in hunger-relief efforts.  Don't have time for a sit down meal?  That is okay too, since the Elizabethtown store opened its new drive thru, effective March 28th.

Want to know more about Panera Bread?  Visit them on the web at http://www.panerabread.com/.

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A QUICK GLANCE AT PANERA BREAD'S COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS:

Operation Dough-Nation Programs

Since our founding, Panera Bread and its franchisees have been active in our communities. Operation Dough-Nation was founded in 1992 to formalize our commitment to community involvement. Since then, it has grown to include four major activities: Community Breadbox™ cash collection boxes, the Day-End Dough-Nation™ program, Panera/SCRIP Card fundraising and participation in community events.

Community Breadbox

The Community Breadbox program ensures that donations made at Panera Bread feed back in to the community. A portion of cash donations made by customers in bakery-cafes may be matched by Panera and its franchisees and distributed to local non-profit organizations. Contributions generated through the program have provided basic necessities for those in need, and have created special places and opportunities. If you would like to contribute to our efforts to assist local non-profit organizations in the communities we serve, please look for the Community Breadbox collection containers at participating Panera Bread or Saint Louis Bread Co.® locations.

Day-End Dough-Nation

Through the Day-End Dough-Nation program, unsold bakery products are packaged at the end of each day and donated to local food banks and charities. In 2008, Panera Bread bakery-cafes collectively donated a retail value of more than 50 million dollars worth of bread and baked goods to charitable organizations helping to address the need for food distribution in our local communities. Many of these organizations are served by Feeding America, formerly America's Second Harvest, the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief organization.

If More Businesses Would Commit, Think of the Outcomes!

Well, Tyson has set the standard really high with a 10 year commitment to hunger-relief.  They have been successful in providing food to individuals in need all across this country.  In celebration of these efforts, they will be donating over one million pounds of food during September, which is Hunger Action Month. 
I thought to myself, wouldn't it be nice if every food corporation would rise to the hunger-relief challenge of this magnitude?  Think of all the people that could be helped during these times of economic struggles across the globe.  Hopefully, advancements made by companies such as Tyson will perhaps inspire other corporations, who may not be giving/donating on a grand scale, to up the ante and begin reaching new heights in the way of philanthrophy.  For more on Tyson, click below!

You Tube Video on Tyson

Tyson Press Release

It is Great to Have Community Supporters!

Join FAKH's Development Director, Tami Delaney tomorrow morning as she will be co-hosting with the Host-est with the Most-est, Hollie Sexton, on 98.3 WQXE

tomorrow from 6 a.m. - 10 a.m. 

I am not sure what we will talk about, but I am sure it will be 'fascinating, captivating, exciting, stimulating and interesting with a side of comedy.'

DID YOU KNOW?
Our local WQXE (Quicksie) radio station is huge supporters of Feeding America, Kentucky's Heartland food bank!  For years, they have partnered with us in providing their listeners and our supporters with need-to-know information about hunger and poverty in Central and South Central Kentucky.  They have rallied for us time and time again in promoting our many food bank programs such as the BackPack Program serving 4,100+ at-risk children in 31 Kentucky counties.  They have provided us with many live remotes over the years as well; the last one was at our Guinness Book Record Breaking 'Building A Wall Against Hunger' community project (in collaboration with Helping Hand and North Hardin Hope) in August 2010!  If you have not yet checked out Quicksie, I would encourage you to do so; link below.  This is a great crew of people!  Check them out, it is not too late to become a fan!

WEB:    WQXE Quicksie
FACEBOOK:  WQXE Quicksie Fan Page

Tami Delaney, Development Director at FAKH

Child Hunger Ends Here!

Kudos to NBC's Al Roker for speaking out about child hunger and food insecurity in the United States.  Be sure and check out the latest links in regards to this growing problem in America.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/#42149411


http://www.9news.com/news/world/187702/347/Roker-Child-hunger-ends-here?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|t

Tami Delaney, Development Director at Feeding America, Kentucky's Heartland

Hunger-Relief in Kentucky's Heartland: Learning The Ropes

Hunger-Relief in Kentucky's Heartland: Learning The Ropes: "It seems that Feeding America, Kentucky's Heartland is one of the last food banks to pick up and run with blogging. As the Development..."

Learning The Ropes

It seems that Feeding America, Kentucky's Heartland is one of the last food banks to pick up and run with blogging.  As the Development Director, I am determined to learn how to master the blogging world.  Stay tuned for many more thoughts and ideas to come your way.  I hope you will enjoy this journey with us!


Tami Delaney, Development Director