It’s a 5% day for Legacy’s Healing Garden

by Megan, September 10, 2009 | Permalink

Today 5% of our net profits will benefit the new Healing garden at Meridian Park Hospital. Which nonprofits are you connected with in the Tigard/Tualatin/Lake Oswego area?

Bee Appreciation Week

by Megan, April 30, 2009 | Permalink

This past week our store hosted Bee Appreciation Week.  We had various fun activities throughout the week supporting honey bee awareness. Saturday was the busiest day so far with our main event at the entrance of our store.   It included; Matt Reed from Beethinking.com brought in his observation hive, seed planting and cookie decorating for the kids, Haagen Dazs Vanilla Honey Bee Ice Cream tasting, compost and recycling sorting activity, and even a spelling bee. We also had a vendor in with Italian honey, another with local honey, and another with honey vinegar.  It was a great way to top of a fun week of spreading knowledge about honey bees.

It’s Earth Day!

by Megan, April 22, 2009 | Permalink

We here at Whole Foods Market are excited to be celebrating Earth Day today!  Our team members are dressed in green apparel to show their support for mother earth.  Some team members even used re-usable bags to create articles of clothing such as vests and hats!

We are also having a 5% day in honor of ‘Growing Gardens.’  This organization helps families with low incomes start a garden that will provide them with long term healthy nourishment.   We’ve also been teaching classes throughout the day in our store about recycling, composting, and living green.

Come in and join us!

Be Perfect for Prom!

by Megan, April 16, 2009 | Permalink

Join us this weekend as yet again we have great events lined up in honor of Earth month!  Stop by on Saturday the 28th for a lesson on Green Cleaning.  Christine and Megan will be demonstrating how to make your own Green Cleaning products out of simple household ingredients.  Demonstration at 11AM and most likely again at 1PM.

On Sunday we will be holding our Perfect for Prom event!  We will be doing ‘green’ makeovers here in or store bewteen 1PM and 4 PM.  We’ll also be featuring green products from our Whole Body Department to make sure you look your best on your big day.  Stop and by and check it out!

See you at the store!

Do the Green Thing!

by Megan, April 9, 2009 | Permalink

Do the Green Thing by joining us this Saturday April 11th from 12-3PM for our Lower your Carbon Footprint Local Vendor Fair.  Our store will be scattered with local vendors sampling great food and drink as well as educating everyone on ways we can reduce our carbon footprint.

Vendors on site Saturday include: Black Horse, Dragonfly Chai, Emerald Valley Kitchen, Grand Central Bakery, Ice La Creme, Oregon Dan’s Sauce, Oregon Hill Farms, Purely Decadent Coconut Ice Cream, Ruby Jewel, and Willamette Valley Vinyards with the possibillity of a few other vendors jumping on board soon.

See you Saturday!

Sustainable Seafood Event Wrap Up

by Megan, April 4, 2009 | Permalink

Today was our Sustainable Seafood Event! In case you missed it we served some great food and wines while educating everyone on sustainability.

Chef Gayle wowed all guests with her Chilean Sea Bass. It featured fennel, tomatoe, and saffron and was served with a orange zested fruit and nut cous cous. Amy also served a wonderful halibut ceviche which was quite a hit!

We also sampled a white wine from South America as well as a Spnaish Rose, each complimenting the seafood served. Christine provided information to all regarding seafood sustainability and aqua culture.

See you tomorrow for our Grass Fed Beef Event!