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.