Update from Past 5% Giving Day Benefactor: Explore the Outdoors!

by columbus, June 24, 2009 | Permalink

Here’s an email from Jason Fallon telling us more about the progress on the Explore the Outdoors program.

With summer here, I wanted to update everyone on the progression and success of the Explore the Outdoors program to date.

 

As of today (June 23, 2009), we have had a total of 39,730 web hits averaging 4.5 pages per visit while spending over 3 minutes on the site each visit.  We have already almost surpassed the amount of kids who have logged into the system from last year establishing a log in and inputting their codes.  We are also almost up to 100 advanced explorers so the allotment of birdhouses are almost all gone too.  It has been a fantastic start to the program and I only imagine it will keep progressing as we move through the summer.

 

I am also continuing to receive daily calls and emails concerning the program and have been continuing to send out more guides to interested individuals, companies and groups.  If you and your organization would like more Explore guide books, please let me know and I will get them out to you.

 

Something new that we just put up on the front page of our web site is a great video concerning Explore the Outdoors and why the program is so important.  The following is a link to the video and please feel free to use it on your web site or at your organization to promote the program further…

 

ftp://ftp.dnr.state.oh.us/Marketing/Uploads/explorevideo09/ [then click Explore09_2.wmv]

 

Thanks again everyone and have a great week and summer! 

 

Sincerely,

 

Jason Fallon

Public Relations and Marketing Coordinator

Ohio Department of Natural Resources

Giving Grills to Run All Summer Long

by columbus, May 15, 2009 | Permalink

We recognize our responsibility to be active participants in our local communities. In fact, we give a minimum of 5% of our profits every year to a wide variety of community and non-profit organizations. So this summer, every Sunday,12:00 - 4:00 p.m. celebrate summer and our community during a weekly grill-outs! Feast on freshly grilled foods and savor the thought that a portion of the proceeds will benefit a non-profit whose mission is tied to Whole Foods Market’s core values. See our calendar of events page for details on this week’s beneficiary!

Whole Trade Guarantee

by columbus, February 27, 2009 | Permalink

February has come ’round again bringing new events and information about one of our internal programs, Whole Trade Guarantee. February is a big month for chocolate and roses, two products that we especially focus on when it comes to improving working conditions and trade practices around the world. Stop by Whole Foods Market® Dublin and look for the Whole Trade Guarantee seal on chocolate, roses and hundreds of other amazing products that allow you to explore the world, responsibly.

Check out our website devoted to our Whole Trade products here on our website:

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/products/whole-trade.php

For each Whole Trade product sold, one percent of the retail sale will go to the Whole Planet Foundation.

Through innovative assistance for entrepreneurship — including direct micro-credit loans and tangible support for other community projects — the Whole Planet Foundation seeks to create prosperity in emerging economies.