For Immediate Release
Contact: Lauren Belinsky
2635 State Road 7
Wellington, FL 33414
561-904-4000
Lauren.Belinsky@WholeFoods.com
March, 2010 Events, Wellington
2635 State Road 7
Wellington, FL 33414
Open 8:00am to 10:00pm Mon-Sat. 9:00am-9:00pm on Sundays
Events are held at 2635 State Road 7, in the Lifestyle Center and are free of charge unless otherwise noted. Register by phone at 561.904.4000 or at the customer service desk. Refunds, credits, or transfer of classes will not be honored for no-shows or cancellations made fewer than 24 hours before event. All events are subject to change. Classes with low registration may be cancelled. Any classes cancelled by Whole Foods Market will be refunded. Space is limited.
Announcements:
Block Party Every Tuesday!
Join us every Tuesday night from 5:30-7:00pm for free samples around the store and your chance to vote for your favorite sample! Ballots will be collected at the registers and be sure to fill in your name and phone number to be entered into a free drawing to win a $100 Whole Foods Market Gift Card! Winners will be posted on our Facebook Page (search Whole Foods Market Wellington) and at our customer service desk on the last day of each month, No Purchase Necessary. See customer service for official rules and regulations.
Whole Planet Foundation Fundraiser
2010 Prosperity Campaign
Whole Foods Market cashiers will be taking register donations for the Whole Planet Foundation through March 31st. 100% of the donations generated will go directly to the micro-lending programs in 18 countries around the world. Help us reach our 2010 goal of $1.5 million and be a part of this global solution to eradicate poverty. For more information on the Whole Planet Foundation visit www.wholeplanetfoundation.org
Introducing: MIX & MATCH 2 for $5 items from our Prepared Foods! Choose from some of our favorite sides, salads and sandwiches with the 2 for $5 stickers!
Sundaes on Sunday! Every Sunday in the month of March from 12:00-3:00pm look for the “Make Your Own Sundae” table in Prepared Foods to enjoy an ice cream sundae with your choice of toppings for a $2 donation to the Whole Planet Foundation.
Whole Planet Foundation Book Drive Fundraiser: Join us in our Mission to end poverty around the world by participating in our Book Drive to benefit our Whole Planet Foundation. Just drop off your gently used books at the customer service desk and browse from our collection for new ones. Each $2 donation will give you a new book to read, while helping a woman start a business. For more information, visit www.wholeplanetfoundation.org.
Events, Seminars, & Classes
Block Party
Tuesday, March 2nd 5:30-7:00pm
Experience a new way to shop for dinner! Enjoy free samples around the store and your chance to vote for your favorite sample! Ballots will be collected at the registers and be sure to fill in your name and phone number to be entered into a free drawing to win a $100 Whole Foods Market Gift Card! Winners will be posted on our Facebook Page (search Whole Foods Market Wellington) and at our customer service desk on the last day of each month, No Purchase Necessary. See customer service for official rules and regulations.
Guest Lecture: Dr. Joel Fuhrman Author of Eat For Health
Thursday, March 4th 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Join us for this special event sure to improve your health from one of our countries leading health experts. Joel Fuhrman M.D. is a board-certified family physician who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional and natural methods. He is also the author of several books including Eat For Health, Eat To Live, Cholesterol Protection and others. Through this once in a lifetime experience learn how to lose weight naturally, live longer, prevent heart disease, lower cholesterol, reduce high blood pressure, prevent cancer, and reverse diabetes. Space is Limited. Pre-registration required with Customer Service.
Block Party: Relay for Life
Tuesday, March 9th 5:30-7:00pm
Join us for our traditional block and stop by the Relay for Life table to learn more about supporting the American Cancer Society’s famous fundraiser, Relay for Life!
Enjoy free samples around the store and your chance to vote for your favorite sample! Ballots will be collected at the registers and be sure to fill in your name and phone number to be entered into a free drawing to win a $100 Whole Foods Market Gift Card! Winners will be posted on our Facebook Page (search Whole Foods Market Wellington) and at our customer service desk on the last day of each month, No Purchase Necessary. See customer service for official rules and regulations.
Whole Deal Cooking Class
Thursday, March 11th 6:30-8:00pm
Learn quick and easy recipes featured in The Whole Deal! Chef Joe will teach you how to feast fabulously, yet affordably, with these recipes. Registration Required.
St. Patrick’s Day Beer Tasting
Saturday March 13th 12:00-4:00pm Free
Enjoy tasting some of the most popular beers, including Guinness Stout and more in our Specialty Department. Stop by anytime between 12:00 and 4:00pm.
Kids Cooking
Are you Ape for Crêpes? 5 1/2-10 years old $10/child
Saturday March 13th 1:00-2:00pm
This is the perfect class to teach kids how to read a recipe, experiment with new foods and learn how to prepare scrumptious recipes that are fun and HEALTHY! To register stop by our customer service desk for the registration form. Payment is collected at time of registration.
Teen Cooking
Are you Ape for Crêpes? 11-18 yrs old $10/child
Sunday March 14th 2:00-3:00pm
This is the perfect class to teach teens how to read a recipe, experiment with new foods and learn how to prepare scrumptious recipes that are fun and HEALTHY! To register stop by our customer service desk for the registration form. Payment is collected at time of registration.
Natural Solutions to Improving Rheumatoid Arthritis
Monday, March 15th 6:30-7:30pm
This is your chance to find the crucial Vitamins, Minerals and Nutrients that are missing in your diet and how they just may be causing your aches and pains. You will also learn the drug free approach that has eliminated pain and improved the lives of millions of people suffering just like you. Pre-registration required with Customer Service.
Block Party with an Irish Twist!
Tuesday, March 16th 5:30-7:00pm
Enjoy free samples around the store and your chance to vote for your favorite sample! Ballots will be collected at the registers and be sure to fill in your name and phone number to be entered into a free drawing to win a $100 Whole Foods Market Gift Card! Winners will be posted on our Facebook Page (search Whole Foods Market Wellington) and at our customer service desk on the last day of each month, No Purchase Necessary. See customer service for official rules and regulations.
Gluten Free Cooking
Thursday, March 18th 6:30-8:00pm
Chef Joe will be teaching new delicious Gluten Free recipes that are easy for anyone to put together. Bring your appetite and your gluten free questions. Pre-registration required with Customer Service.
Passover Brunch Cooking Class
Sunday, March 21th 2:00-3:30pm
Join Chef Joe as he demonstrates traditional recipes perfect for a Passover brunch. Pre-registration required with Customer Service.
Deliciously Raw with Renate
Tuesday, March 23rd 6:30-8:00pm $20/person
Join Raw Foods Chef, Renate, as she shares her secrets to living a raw foods lifestyle. Each month, Renate will be sharing how to live a raw lifestyle without sacrificing taste! Each class will include three delicious recipes all with plant based ingredients full of nutrients. This is the perfect class for the amateur, novice or expert! Payment collected at time of registration, pre-registration at customer service desk.
Whole Planet Foundation Block Party “Flavors of the World”
Tuesday, March 23rd 5:30-7:00pm
Experience the Flavors of the World and empower women around the globe while enjoying international cuisine, live music and prizes. At this special event, each department will have an international dish representing a country that benefits from the Whole Planet Foundation. This foundation provides microloans to impoverished women to help them create or expand a business and lift themselves out of poverty. While enjoying the free samples, you will have an opportunity to vote for your favorite dish by voting with a donation. Each dollar donated will earn you a spin at the prize wheel. Be sure not to miss this spectacular event full of ethnic foods, prizes and live music! No registration necessary.
Mom’s Morning Escape with Mommy and Me Yoga!
Thursday, March 25th 9:00-11:00am (Mommy and Me Yoga at 10:30- see details below)
Calling all Moms! Join us for a Mom’s Morning Escape where Mom’s are invited to enjoy a free coffee or tea, and muffin from the coffee bar. Please check in with customer service and pick up your Mom’s Morning Escape Voucher, then, make your way to the coffee bar for breakfast. Also enjoy a relaxing five minute chair massage by My Massage Corner in the café (first come first served)! Pre-registration required with Customer Service.
Mommy and Me Yoga by Amazing Births
Thursday, March 25th 10:30-11:30am (6 months to crawlers) First Class is Free!
Enter our comfortable, supportive environment where moms can meet other women, enjoy special times with their babies, and experience the benefits of yoga without worrying about having their babies “bother” others. Bring a blanket and yoga matt and be sure to wear loose, comfortable clothes. No prior yoga experience necessary. Newborns and their moms are welcome and may participate at any level that they feel comfortable. (*please arrive 10 minutes before class time). Pre-registration required with Customer Service.
Chef Chris Paul’s New Orleans Cuisine $35/person 7:00pm
Thursday, March 25th 7:00pm
Enjoy a five course, five star meal prepared by Master Chef Chris Paul from Wild Orchids Fusion. The night begins with an introduction by our wine specialist to the three wines that you will taste throughout the evening. You will then be dazzled by the chef as he creates the most delectable dishes you will ever taste! Pre-registration required with Customer Service; Payment collected upon registration.
Meet the Artist Reception and Silent Auction
Friday, March 26th 6:00-7:30pm $10 Donation to Pancreatic Cancer Research
Join us in the café to meet award winning photographer, Jerry Gingsberg, and enjoy his breathtaking photographs of the U.S. national parks. The evening will include wine tastings, appetizers by Chef Chris Paul, and live music as well as a silent auction where one of Ginberg’s most popular photographs will be up for bid. 100% of proceeds will benefit Pancreatic Cancer Research. Pre-registration required with Customer Service.
Easter Cooking Class
Saturday, March 27th 2:00-3:30pm
Join us in our Lifestyle Center as Chef Joe prepares recipes from the Easter season. Pre-registration required with Customer Service.
Kids Spring Break Cooking Camp Ages 5 ½ to 16 yrs old
Monday March 29th– Friday April 2nd
9:00am to 12:00pm $165/Child
The week long cooking camp will begin with recipes from South of the Border to Italian on Tuesday and then a Pajama Party on Wednesday where kids should come in their PJs! Thursday they will learn to create the perfect Back Yard Bash with recipes perfect for a picnic and Friday will be a special day where campers will prepare lunch for the parents. On Friday, parents please arrive by 11:15am to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Space is limited to the first 20 registrations. To register stop by our customer service desk for the registration form and make checks payable to Dianne M Morin Inc. or cash as payment is collected at time of registration.
Live Seminar with Brendan Brazier, Author of Thrive: The Vegan Nutrition Guide
Monday, March 29th 6:30-8:00pm Free!
Join us in the Lifestyle Center as Brendan shares the secrets to improved sleep quality, greater energy, elimination of sugar cravings, superior mental clarity, a lean body, and enhancing overall physical and mental performance. Brendan is a Pro Ironman Triathlete and one of only a few professional athletes in the world whose diet is 100% plant-based. Don’t miss out on this special opportunity! Space is limited, registration required with Customer Service.
About Whole Foods Market®
Founded in 1980 in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market (www.wholefoodsmarket.com), a leader in the natural and organic foods industry and America’s first national certified organic grocer, was named “America’s Healthiest Grocery Store” in 2008 by Health magazine. The Whole Foods Market motto, “Whole Foods, Whole People, Whole Planet”™ captures the company’s mission to find success in customer satisfaction and wellness, employee excellence and happiness, enhanced shareholder value, community support and environmental improvement. Thanks to its 53,000 Team Members, Whole Foods Market has been ranked as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” in America by FORTUNE magazine for 13 consecutive years. In fiscal year 2008, the company had sales of $8 billion and currently has more than 275 stores in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Whole Foods Market, Fresh & WildTM, and Harry’s Farmers Market® are trademarks owned by Whole Foods Market IP, LP. Wild Oats® and Capers Community MarketTM are trademarks owned by Wild Marks, Inc.