This article was published in the February/March 2002 Wedge newsletter. The following information may be outdated.
2001 Donation Recipients
The Wedge Donations committee gives a limited number of $50.00 gift certificates to organizations that are co-op related, food related, focused on the environment, or in the neighborhood served by the Wedge, and are limited to one donation per organization in a calendar year. Requests must be made in writing, on organizational letterhead, at least six weeks in advance.
Recipients of a donation Jan. - Dec. 2001 are:
- Anderson Elementary School, Minneapolis
- Clare Housing
- Community Solutions Fund
- English Learning Center - New Years Celebration
- Eye of the Storm Theatre
- Family Tree Clinic - St. Paul
- Frank Theatre
- Harriet Tubman Center
- Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery
- Kenwood PTA carnival silent auction
- Jefferson Community School
- Lyndale Neighborhood Association
- MinneSober
- Minnesota AIDS Project
- Minneapolis/Lyndale Elementary fundraiser
- National Night Out
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts
- Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights
- Parts Photo Lotto
- Park House
- Pillsbury United Communities
- North Country Herbalist Guild
- Ramsey Int'l Minneapolis School
- Save Our Surroundings
- Stevens Square Community Organization - Fair in Square
- Twin City Green Guide
- Windom Park Citizens Community Carnival
- Women Against Military Madness
- Women's Cancer Resource Center - lawn care
- World of Whittier family fair
- Women's Prison Book Project
Recipients of the Green Patch donations for Jan. - Dec. 2001 are:
Those green paper tickets you receive at the cash register when you bring your own bag to carry groceries are worth 5 cents each. Turn them in at the plexiglass container at the front door. The Wedge donates 5 cents for each Green Patch to an environmental organization each quarter.
- Urban Lands Project - $614.00 (Jan.-March)
- Soo Line Community Garden - $716.00 (April-June)
- Youth Farm and Market Project - $701.00 (July-Sept.)
- Urban Lands Project - $683.45 (Oct.-Dec.)