Community Giving

Build a Better Lunch Box

WFM is partnering with Chef Ann Cooper to raise awareness and funding for "The Lunch Box" website, an on line resource to empower schools looking to reform their school lunch programs. Chef Ann Cooper, a.k.a "The Renegade Lunch Lady" and author of Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children, is on a mission to ensure that every child in America receives healthy, delicious food every day in school. Her work has already transformed the school lunchroom experience for tens of thousands of children. She wills hare her methodology and tools through "The Lunch Box" website, which has the power to help all schools to make simple, yet revolutionary lunchroom changes.

Community Support

Community giving at Whole Foods Market is rooted in our belief that corporations, as well as individuals, must be good tenants of the planet. We are intimately connected to the health and economy of each community we serve, and feel it is our responsibility to give back to those communities in meaningful ways. We are committed to donating at least five percent of our annual net profits to charitable causes. For us, giving back expands our passion for quality foods into the larger arena of quality of life.

Some of the community organizations we support but are not limited to:

• Arts Unbound
• Eagle Rock Reservation Conservancy
• Play for P.I.N.K
• Three Doctors Foundation
• Adopt a Hero
• Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA)
• Zoological Society of NJ
• Willing Heart Community Care Center
• Project Live
• West Orange African Heritage Foundation
• Habitat for Humanity Women Build
• Noah's Ark Animal Welfare
• Garden State Cancer Center
• Church of Our Lady of the Valley Soup Kitchen
• Cerebral Palsy of Northern New Jersey
• Caldwell College
• The Craig School
• West Orange Arts Council
• West Orange High School
• Burnett Hill School Going Green Committee
• Cedar Grove Elks Lodge
• St. Mathew Ave Church Food Pantry
• Family Intervention Services Parent Support Group
• Essex County Social Services
• Hillside Elementary School PTA
• Blessed Pope John XXIII Academy
• Mizrachi Women's Organization of America
• Slow Foods Northern New Jersey
• Essex County Environmental Association
• Junior League of Montclair
• Jewish Women's Association
• Morris Land Conservancy
• Jersey Cares
• Abolish Cancer Today
• Orange Middle School
• Rand Elementary School
• Food Shed Alliance
• Downtown West Orange Alliance
• The Gregory School
• Laning Ave School Community Garden

Donations

To request a donation, please visit our Customer Service booth or download our Donation Application Form. You must submit this completed form with a formal letter of request and a copy of your organization's 501(c)3 form stating your tax-exempt status from the IRS. All donation applications must be received 30-45 days in advance of the date needed and must have the appropriate forms to be considered.