Whole Foods Market® Wellington to host 5th Annual Back to School Bonanza Aug. 10 from 11 – 1 p.m.
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Wellington, Fla. – For the fifth consecutive year, Whole Foods Market Wellington – in partnership with the Village of Wellington, Safe Neighborhoods, PBSO, and Palm Beach Fire Rescue – will be kicking off the school year with a huge celebration of lunch box favorite foods, free ID cards for children and lots of fun around the store.
Emergency vehicles will be in the Whole Foods Market parking lot for families to explore, while free lunch box samples will be offered around the store. The Free ID Card will be created in the back of the café (first come first served) by PBSO volunteers. Resource Depot will also have a recycled craft activity for children to enjoy.
This year, Whole Foods and PBSO will be offering reusable lunch bags for a $5 donation to the Police Athletic League to purchase school supplies for local children in need. Families are encouraged to walk around the store filling the lunch box with all sorts of lunch box delights. PBSO and their volunteers will be making FREE ID cards for children in the back of the café and Resource Depot will have recycled craft table to entertain the children while they are in line.
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About Whole Foods Market®
Founded in 1980 in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market (wholefoodsmarket.com, NASDAQ: WFM) is the leading natural and organic food retailer. As America’s first national certified organic grocer, Whole Foods Market was named “America’s Healthiest Grocery Store” by Health magazine. The company’s motto, “Whole Foods, Whole People, Whole Planet”™ captures its mission to ensure customer satisfaction and health, Team Member excellence and happiness, enhanced shareholder value, community support and environmental improvement. Thanks to the company’s more than 74,000 Team Members, Whole Foods Market has been ranked as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” in America by FORTUNE magazine for 16 consecutive years. In fiscal year 2012, the company had sales of more than $11 billion and has more than 350 stores in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.