Community Giving
Please scroll down to access our donation application forms.
Whole Foods Market Metcalf, is an active participant in our community. We are extremely proud of our community involvement and the relationships that we continue to make each month! We strive to make a difference. Since opening our doors 10 years ago at this location in Overland Park, KS we have helped to raise more than $211,000 for the local community thanks to the generosity of our shoppers, friends and team members.
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.
Whole Foods Market’s Community Giving Day is a giving program dedicated to helping nonprofit organizations in the store’s own communities that have limited budgets but big goals.
The most recent Community Giving Day recipient is the Overland Park Community Gardens. Thanks to the generous support of the community, together we helped to raise more than $4,000 on Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 for the Overland Park Community Gardens. Wow, and Thank You!
Our next Community Giving Day will be on Wednesday, June 27th to benefit the Jackson County CASA which recruits, trains, and supports volunteers to speak for the best interests of these children in court. Learn more here.
Donations
Each Whole Foods Market store has a monthly budget designated for the donation of food or funds to local not-for-profit organizations. A Donation Request Form is required. Links to the forms are provided below. Requests must be received 6 weeks prior to the date of the event and submitted in person at Customer Service. If you have missed the deadline, please consider us for your organizations future donations. While we would like to follow-up with all donation requests, due to the high volume of requests received, only those receiving a donation will be notified.
- General Donation Application
- 5% Community Giving Day Application
- Bag Refund Donation (for schools only)
We participated with the following organizations and several more through partnership, sponsorship or donation, reaching into the Kansas City Metro Area and beyond. Thank you for allowing us to serve you!
- ALS Association/Pro-Am Golf Tournament
- American Heart Association/Festival of Wine
- American Institute of Food and Wine
- American Red Cross
- American Royal
- Animal Haven
- Ask A Nurse
- Beat the Heat 5K Run
- Beth Torah Community Service Project
- Bike to Work Week
- Blessing Baskets
- Blue River Shelter
- Bridging the Gap
- Broadmoor Technical Center
- Brookside Community Farmers Market
- Brush Fire BBQ Team
- Catherine’s Place
- Chameleon: Arts and Youth Development
- Check Out Hunger Campaign
- Children’s Mercy Hospital/Phit Kids
- Community Blood Center
- Communiversity Wholistic Health Fair
- CranksGiving II
- Cross-Lines Community Outreach
- Danny Cox Family Benefit Concert
- De La Salle Education Center
- De LaSalle Center
- Doula Services of Greater KC
- Empty Bowls/Red Star Studios
- Episcopal Community Services
- Farm Aid 2011
- Forks and Corks
- Front Porch Alliance
- GEHA (Government Employees Health Assurance) newsletter
- Gift of Life (Organ Donation)
- Girl Scouts of America
- Good Samaritan Project
- Growing Growers Kansas City
- Guadalupe Center
- Habitat for Humanity
- Harvesters
- Harvesters/Check Out Hunger Program
- Heartland Learning Center
- Heart to Heart International
- Holy Cross School and Parish
- Hope House
- Horizons High School
- Jane Goodall Institute
- Jared Coones Pumpkin Run supporting Cancer Research
- Johnson County Extension Education Foundation
- Johnson County Parks and Recreation
- Jingle Bell Run for the Arthristis Foundation
- Kansas City Bicycle Federation
- Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture
- Kansas City Chefs Association
- Kansas City Community Kitchens
- Kansas City Free Health Clinic/ The Bloom Party
- Kansas City Public Television
- Kansas City Urban Farm Tour
- KC Singles
- KCPT Kids/Children’s Programming
- KCPT Public Television
- KCPTV Auction
- Kline Grass Festival
- La Leche League – Kansas City Chapter
- Les Belles Chefs/Heirloom Recipes Reinvented
- Les Dames Esscoffier
- Life Dynamics
- New Adventure’s in B’s Life
- Niles Home
- Novalis Orphan Care Project/Unity on the Plaza
- NPR National Public Radio
- Panchachuli USA / The Woman Weavers of the Himalayas
- Phoenix Family Housing
- Pleasant Ridge School
- Safe Home
- Saint Luke’s Hospital
- S.A.S.S.Y. (Saving Animals by Supportive Seniors and others Young-at-Heart).
- Spofford Home for Children
- Shape Express Fitness Center for Woman
- Shawnee Mission Education Foundation
- Shawnee Mission Medical Center
- Shawnee Mission School District Summer 2004 Food Camp
- Shawnee Mission Special Education Teachers Conference
- Sierra Club
- Slow Food USA
- Sprint Campus 2007 BBQ Competition
- Speaking of Women’s Health Event 2011
- The Blessing Basket Project
- The Center for Autistic Spectrum Disorders
- The Giving Tree
- The Kansas City Community Kitchen
- The Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, Inc.
- The Pet Connection
- Think Pink
- TLC for Children and Families
- Turning Point Foundation
- UN World Food Program
- United States Postal Service Health Fair
- Victory Temple Christian Life Center
- Vitamin Angels
- Westin Crown Center Health Fair
- Whole Kids Foundation
- Whole Planet Foundation
- Whole Planet Foundation Guatemalan Book Drive
- William – Sonoma on the Plaza
- World of Goods
- Your Wellness Connection
Store Tours
As part of our community giving, our store offers many free public and private tours. Please view our Store Tour web page for further information, or call our store at (913) 652-9633.
