All are welcome to an open house where you can sample healthy, wholesome and delicious products. Visit our sample stations setup throughout the store, receive a surprise free product and recipe to practice shopping and cooking at home. Drop in anytime between                  5 and 7 p.m. and enjoy trying new foods! 

The Whole Planet Foundation provides microcredit -small loans-  to women in developing countries to start a business and break the poverty cycle.  The creation of this foundation directly connects Whole Foods Market customers and Team Members to the villages in developing countries that supply us with products. Would you like to help?

To raise funds, we are hosting two unique tasting events for a $5. How does it work?

Whole Planet Foundation Fundraiser: $5 Wine Tasting with Keepsake Wine Glass

Saturday, March 20^th  from 1-4 p.m.

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Whole Planet Foundation Fundraiser: $5 Beer Tasting with Keepsake Glass

Saturday, March 27^th  from 1-4 p.m.

Receive a full-size wine glass, yours to take home.  Peruse our numerous sample stations, receive beer or wine pours and stroll the store with glass in hand.  We will also provide hearty food pairings, more than our typical sample size portions.

Learn about successful loan recipient stories, and how Whole Planet Foundation has literally changed the life of individuals through self empowerment http://www.wholeplanetfoundation.org/newsroom/videos

Your Health Starts Here:

Whole Foods Market believes in promoting the Health and Wellness of our customers, team members and community through education and support.  Sign up for our free tour and let us show you hot spots to shop.

We will highlight health-supportive foods in many different sections in the store.  It will include produce, bulk, grains, meat and seafood, dairy, prepared foods, and bakery. We will learn about ANDI scores and have a healthy snack during the tour. 

Registration limited to 15. Please sign up by visiting our Customer Service desk or calling 703-706-0891.

will be donated to Carpenter's Shelter, Northern Virginia's largest homeless shelter

Carpenter's Shelter's mission is to end homelessness through services, education and advocacy.  In addition to their residential shelter, they provide daily access for up to 250 unsheltered homeless to shower, do laundry and attend to their basic needs.  Carpenter's Shelter is Northern Virginia's largest homeless shelter, and receives help from 1,000 volunteers annually.  

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Join us for a Free Tasting Event of Sweets & Desserts

Wednesday, April 7^th from 5-7 p.m.

Make a sweet difference and help end homelessness one child at a time.

Remember your three R's?  Reduce, Reuse and Recycle?  Recycling is the last step-  learn to reuse those old products! 

Join us for our Earth Day Fair as we demonstrate clever ways to reuse products and their packaging.  Share tips for reusing containers and new uses for common household items!

2:30 p.m. Book Signing: Meet Diane MacEachern, local author of Big Green Purse

About the author: Diane MacEachern is an award-winning entrepreneur and leading green expert who seeks to inspire consumers to use their consumer clout to protect the planet and themselves.  A best-selling author, Diane's "how to go green" books have collectively sold almost a half-million copies. Her most recent,  Big Green Purse: Use Your Spending Power to Create a Cleaner, Greener World, captures the many practical lessons Diane learned raising two kids to turn off the lights, save gas, recycle and mostly like organic food.  Diane lives with her family in the energy-efficient home they helped design and build in suburban Washington, D.C.