For Immediate Release
Contact: Lauren Belinsky
561-904-4000
Lauren.Belinsky@WholeFoods.com
October, 2010 Events, Whole Foods Market Wellington
Open 8:00am to 10:00pm Mon-Sat. 9:00am-9:00pm on Sundays
2635 State Road 7
Wellington, FL 33414
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:
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Purchase your Breast Cancer Awareness inspired bouquets in our Floral Department! A percentage of each bouquet will benefit the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation. In addition, throughout the month we will be selling signature Pink Reusable Shopping Bags for $2.50 each with 100% of the proceeds benefitting the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation.
Events, Seminars, & Classes:
Block Party Every Tuesday Night!
Tuesday, October 5th 5:30-7:00pm ~ Teams’ Choice
Tuesday, October 12th 5:30-7:00pm ~ Oktoberfest
Tuesday, October 19th 5:30-7:00pm ~ Teams’ Choice
Tuesday, October 26th 5:30-7:00pm ~ Fall Harvest
Experience a new way to shop for dinner. Enjoy free samples around the store and your chance to vote for your favorite sample. Teams will create new recipes each week to give you new cooking ideas and to compete for our recycled Earth trophy, so be sure to pick up a ballot in our produce department to cast your vote! No registration necessary, just come on by!
Detoxing the Liver, Kidney’s, Colon, & Cleaning Your Arteries
Wednesday October 13th 6:30-7:30pm, Free
Pre-Registration Required @ Customer Service or Call 561.904.4000
The art of detoxification has been around for centuries…it’s finally been updated. Come learn the latest ways to cleanse your body of unnecessary toxins. Live a life full of vitality, energy and total well being today! Dr. Tim DeCanio, is a board certified chiropractic neurologist.
“Lifestyle Stress: What Triggers You?”
Sunday, October 17th 2:00-3:00pm, Free
Pre-Registration Required @ Customer Service or Call 561.904.4000
Meet Dr. Laura Valhuerdi, a chiropractic physician and massage therapist with a degree in kinesiology. Dr. Valhuerdi has been helping people manage stress for years and is passionate about bringing patients to the next level in mind and body. Participants will learn how to recognize & manage everyday stress to help re-new life and gain energy.
Health Starts Here: Grains and Greens
Monday, October 18th 6:30-8:00pm, Free
Pre-Registration Required @ Customer Service or Call 561.904.4000
Join Regional Healthy Eating and Green Mission Specialist, Karen Doyle, for an informative class about our Health Starts Here program and taste delicious and nutritious recipes. Participants will learn about our Healthy Eating Principles and about the broad world of grains and greens that you may have forgotten about or would like to learn more fantastic ways to incorporate them into your life.
Generation TOXIC
Tuesday October 19th, 6:30-7:30pm
Pre-Registration Required @ Customer Service or Call 561.904.4000
If you think toxicity isn’t affecting you, think again!
Join Tracy Mastandrea, RD,LD/N, a nutrition and toxicity specialist, to learn about the Toxic Top Ten Exposures, Symptoms of Toxicity, the Diseases and Neurotoxic illness they can cause, and what you can do to take action now and avoid the opposing storm of new millennium disease on the horizon!
Mom’s Morning Escape
Thursday, October 21st 9:00-11:00am, Free
Pre-Registration Required @ Customer Service or Call 561.904.4000
Join us for Mom’s Morning Escape where Mom’s will receive 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)!
Deliciously Raw with Renate
Tuesday, October 26th 6:30-8:00pm, $20/Person
Pre-Registration Required @ Customer Service or Call 561.904.4000, Payment Collected upon Registration
Join Raw Foods Chef, Renate, as she shares her secrets to living a raw foods lifestyle. Each month, Renate shares 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!
Dinner with a Gourmet Chef: Taste of Fall
October 21st at 7:00pm $35/Person
Pre-Registration Required @ Customer Service or Call 561.904.4000, Payment Collected upon Registration
Join us in our Lifestyle Center for our monthly series Dinner with a Gourmet Chef as master chef Chris Paul, of the popular Wild Orchids Fusion restaurant in Village Walk creates a multi-course meal using Whole Foods Market’s all natural ingredients and expertly paired wines from our Specialty Department. Come with friends, or make new ones, for this interactive evening of food, wine and fun. Space is limited to the first 22 reservations.
Gluten Free for the Holidays
Thursday, October 28th 6:30-8:00pm, Free
Pre-Registration Required @ Customer Service or Call 561.904.4000
Join Chef Joe as he demonstrates how to prepare Gluten Free holiday recipes that taste great and will make it easy to enjoy the holidays. Bring your appetite and your gluten free questions. Pre-registration required with Customer Service.
Snow White and the Seven Heavenly Honeycrisps
Friday, October 29th from 4:30-6:00pm Free!
Sample your way through our Seven Honeycrisp Sample Stations around the store and enjoy this seasonal ingredient in seven new ways! Also be on the lookout for Snow White to receive a special coupon sure to make your next meal end happily. No registration necessary.
Local Artist Celebration
Friday, October 29th 6:00-8:00pm $10/Person
Meet our current local artist, Ilene Adams, who has been creating beautiful works of art for many years in the western communities. Join us for this special event to honor her work and enjoy live music, appetizers by Chef Chris Paul, a silent auction, and wine tasting all for a great cause. 100% of the event entrance fees will benefit the Marshall Foundation. 10% of the evening’s sale of art will go to the Marshall Foundation. Pre-Registration Required @ Customer Service or Call 561.904.4000, payment collected at event entrance in the café.
Trick-Or-Treating Adventure! 12:00-2:00pm
Best Costume Contest! 2:00pm
Saturday, October 30th
Calling all kids! Join us for our second annual, all natural trick-or-treating event around the store from 12-2pm! Children are encouraged to wear their Halloween Costumes and bring their trick-or-treating bags to join in the fun! Each department will have special treats for the kids, just look for the pumpkin sign at every counter and say “Trick-or Treat”! At 2:00pm there will be a contest for the best costume for ages 0-14 years. No purchase necessary. Contestants must register in the back of the café by 2:00pm to enter. Team members will vote on the customers’ best costume, and we would like customers to be the judge of our team member costume contest! Competition and voting will take place in the back of the café at 2pm with the winner’s to be announced at 2:30pm. First place customer and team member will receive a $50 Gift Card to Whole Foods Market and their pictures on our Facebook page! No registration necessary.