Community Giving
At Whole Foods Market, we are active participants in our communities. We are extremely proud of our community involvement and the relationships that we continue to make each month. Since our Chelsea location opened in 2001, we’ve donated over 345,261 pounds of bakery, canned food, meat, produce, and prepared food items to City Harvest. City Harvest is New York City’s first and only food rescue program and picks up items daily from our stores.
Our Community 5% Days are another meaningful way we give back to our community. On designated days throughout the year a total of 5% of the day’s net sales are donated to local non-profit organizations.
Community 5% Days
Our Community 5% Days are one meaningful way we give back to our community. On designated days throughout the year a total of 5% of the day’s net sales are donated to local non-profit organizations. Customers help support our selected organizations just by shopping on these 5% Days. Our 5% Days are planned far in advance and fall into themed categories, including Farms & Harvest, Environment, Hunger & Homelessness, and Back to School. If you would like to be considered for a 5% Day, please send information about your organization, along with the donation application, to the Marketing Team Leader in the appropriate store.
- Download the 5% Day Application
Donations & Charitable Giving
As part of the Chelsea community, we are always interested in helping local non-profit organizations with goals aligned to our own. For consideration of a donation, please complete the WFM NYC Donation Application 2012. Formal request letters and additional information are welcome and may be requested. Only non-profit organizations are eligible for donations and a copy of your 501c3 form is required. We ask for a minimum of 6 weeks lead time to consider your application. Unfortunately, we aren’t always able to respond to every request, but we’ll do our best to do so in a timely manner. If you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to reach out.
Community Relations Contact:
Ariel Norwood, Marketing Team Leader
