Panera Bread of Iowa and its Customers Raise over $30,000 to Alleviate Hunger
April 20, 2016
Over the course of 2015, Panera Bread of Iowa and its customers partnered to raise $30,910.40 in cash
donations for local Feeding America member food banks across Iowa, who were able to translate these cash
donations into more than 123,000 meals for those in need.
Panera Bread of Iowa’s 19 bakery-cafes collect change and other
cash donations at their registers each day on behalf of the local
Feeding America food bank serving the market. Panera Bread of
Iowa then provides a 10 percent matching donation on all cash
donations made.
Additionally, the bakery-cafes host a fundraising drive each
September on Hunger Action Day where 20 percent of sales
associated with the fundraiser are donated back to the local food
bank partners.
At the end of the 2015 fiscal year, cash donations in the following
amounts were made to these area Feeding America member food
banks:
$12,793.39 – Food Bank of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
$7,123.44 – River Bend Foodbank, Davenport, Iowa
$7,089.07 – HACAP Food Reservoir, Hiawatha, Iowa
$3,494.86 – Northeast Iowa Food Bank, Waterloo, Iowa
$409.65 – St. Stephen’s Food Bank, Dubuque, Iowa
In addition to the annual cash donations, Panera Bread of Iowa donates all
of its unsold bread and bakery items each day to more than 85 local hunger
relief agencies across Iowa and Illinois through its Day-End Dough-Nation
program.
For more information about the hunger-relief efforts of Panera Bread of
Iowa, please contact Mr. John Kauffman at [email protected] or
319-361-6091.
For more information about the Feeding America food banks in Iowa, please
contact Mr. Cory Berkenes at [email protected] or 319-290-
5596.
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