Store Calendar

Unless otherwise noted, all classes and events are at the store. Please sign up for events at the Customer Service Booth or call the store at 858.642.6700 to reserve your space. Any questions please call the store and ask for Marketing.

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Events

• Tuesday, March 9th

  SCHOOL TOUR

  10am FREE

  California Virtual Academy is taking a guided tour of our store on Tuesday March 9th at 10! If you'd like a personal trip through the aisles of Whole Foods Market La Jolla for your school just ask!

• Wednesday, March 10th

  5% Day

  7am - 10pm

  Shop and support Student Wellness at UC San Diego. Whole Foods Market La Jolla will donate 5% of the store’s net sales for the day to support UC San Diego’s Student Wellness programs to ensure that students thrive during their college years. Your support helps UC San Diego provide multidisciplinary care through Student Health Services, Counseling and Psychological Services, and Recreation to improve student health and wellbeing. Your participation will benefit our students—tomorrow’s leaders—long into the future.

• Wednesday, March 10th

  Cooking Tips and Product Tour

  7pm FREE

  Join Megan Clarke, Community Leader for Kids with Food Allergies and one of our members, to learn cooking tips, taste product samples and learn about products for creating foods for your food allergic child. 

  Please sign up at the concierge desk. Space is limited!

• Thursday, March 11th

  Cooking with the Top 10 Superfoods for Health and Weight Loss

  6:30pm FREE

  Join Elizabeth Kaplan, chef and founder of The Pure Pantry and Valerie Breslow, Holistic Health Counselor and Clinical Nutritionist, for this informative lecture on cooking with the best of the best foods to support a healthy diet and promote weight loss.  Sample delicious, gluten-free dishes prepared with organic superfoods and learn how work these ingredients into your daily diet.  Recipes, food samples and encouragement provided!

  Please sign up at the concierge desk. Space is limited!

• Friday, March 19th

  Blood Drive

  12:30 - 6:30pm FREE

  The Bloodmobile will be in the side parking lot! All donors can come into Whole Foods Market and receive a free treat. Come and give blood today!

• Sunday, March 21st

  Flying Pans: Two Chefs, One World

  12-3pm FREE

  Chefs Bernard Guillas & Ron Oliver from the award-winning Marine Room in La Jolla will do a demo, tasting, and book signing here at Whole Foods Market La Jolla!

   The menu will consist of:

   Apricot Ginger Glazed Tasmanian Salmon

  Corn Fennel Relish, Avocado Oil 

  Quinoa Heart of Palm Salad

   Chocolate Kahlua Tart 

   Please sign up at the concierge desk. Space is limited!

• Monday, March 22nd

  Feeding the Healthy Child

  6:30pm FREE

  Oriental Medicine Practitioner, Dawn Asher, discusses the specific dietary needs, from the Eastern Perspective, of our growing children and their developing organ and immune systems.  Glean from this ancient wisdom an approach to food that the whole family can benefit from.

  Explore:

  *a new perspective on your child's development and things that you can do to support it

  *simple dietary changes to head off illnesses before they really set in

  *tips to ensure that finicky eaters get the nutrients that they need

  *ways to approach and work with food sensitivities and allergies

  Dawn Asher MS, LAc, is a Nationally Certified, Diplomate in Acupuncture, and a Qi Gong and Chinese Medicine Practitioner.  She has been studying, practicing and teaching Oriental Medicine for the past 13 years.  She provides treatments, dietary and lifestyle consultations and teaches various classes on Eastern theory and health and longevity techniques. 

  A devoted mother to a very healthy and precocious eight year old boy, join her as she delves into a topic very close to her heart.

  Please sign up at the Concierge desk!

• Friday, March 26

  Flavors from around the World, A Whole Planet Foundation Inspired Tasting

  6-8pm $10

  Take Your Taste Buds on an International Journey & Support a Global Cause!

  We will feature recipes inspired by our Whole Planet Foundation clients all over the world. Whole Planet Foundations mission is to create economic partnership with the poor in developing world communities that supply our stores with product. Customers can purchase a passport for only $10! This includes tastings of four dishes as well as dessert.

  Menu

  Haitian Pumpkin Soup

  Rice and Beans often called “Gallo Pinto” from Costa Rica

  Guatemalan Chicken Stew with Tomatillo Sauce

  Vegetable Biryani with Cashews from India

  Chocolate Coconut Frozen Banana Popsicles

  Whole Planet Passports can be purchased at the Customer Service Desk. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to our Whole Planet Foundation!

• Saturday, March 27th

  Kid's Club Cooking Class

  10am & 11am FREE

  Presented by HAPPYFAMILY and WHOLE FOODS MARKET 

  Kids will learn that organic and healthy food is also really tasty! This class will involve a favorite children's book and craft followed by an interactive demonstration where each child will make a delicious treat and of course EAT! Come join us this month as we make delicious and healthy "Grrreat Green Smoothies".

  There will be two classes:

  Timid Toddlers

  Ages 18 mos -3 years

  10:00 am-11:00am

  Picky Preschoolers

  Ages 4-6 years

  11:30 am-12:30pm

  By registration only

  12 children per class max

Notices

• Scrip Program

  Whole Foods Market provides scrip to schools and other non-profit organizations. To obtain more information please contact our concierge department.

• Catering Information

  Be a guest at your own party...let Whole Foods Market, La Jolla, cater your corporate or private event! To place an order, or for more information on our Catering Program please call Lisa Merullo-Boaz, our Catering Specialist. 858-642-6700.

• Store Tours

  Store Tours are available free of charge. If you have a school class, scout group, or club, let us show you around! These tours are educational, interesting and fun for all who attend. Please allow 2-3 weeks advance notice. To set up a tour please call, Marketing, at 858-642-6700. We hope to see you soon!