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Article: This Week is National School Lunch Week: Whole Foods Market(R) Thanks Customers for Donating Well Over $600,000 to Create Online Resource for Improving School Lunches Nationwide.
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- October 13, 2009
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AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Whole Foods Market , a leading natural and organic grocer, extends thanks to customers at its 273 U.S. locations for donating $660,065 -- to help transform school lunches across the country. Over the past eight weeks, customers surpassed the Company's goal of $400,000 to fund the development of "The Lunch Box Project," an online resource created by "Renegade Lunch Lady" Chef Ann Cooper's nonprofit, F3: Food Family Farming Foundation, which helps public schools provide more nutritious lunches for kids. This total combined with a $50,000 donation from the company means F3 will receive $710,065.
"Our customers have ...