This article was published in the February/March 2004 Wedge newsletter. The following information may be outdated.

2003 Donations Recipients

The Wedge donations committee gives a limited number of $50.00 gift certificates (3 per month) to organizations that are co-op related, food related, focused on the environment, and 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 eight weeks before needed.

Wedge Co-op Donations Committee Recipients

Whittier Alliance - Destination: Celebration! fundraiser
AOMAM - Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine Association of MN
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities
Temple Israel Nursery School
Riverton Community Housing
Grace Neighborhood Nursery School
ROCK: Raising Our Celiac Kids
Women's Prison Book Project
MN Advocates for Human Rights
Samantha Smart/Speak Out Sisters
MN Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery
Resource Center of the Americas
People Serving People
Jefferson Community School
Earth Day Ops/Olson Middle School
Pillsbury House Walk/Run
MN Center for Environmental Advocacy
Spring Hill School
MN AIDS Project AIDS Walk
Orchid Lights 2003 - A Bug's Life
Loring Park Art Festival
Chemical Injury Resource Association
Frank Theatre
Jones Harrison Residence
Painter's Park Phat Summer
Twin Cities Community Gospel Choir
Crystal Care Center
Community Solutions Fund
Missing Children MN
Friends School of MN
Open Arms of MN
WAMM Silent Auction

Green Patch Recipients

Green Patches are given to customers at the cash register who bring their own bags for packing groceries. Each Green Patch is worth five cents. On a quarterly basis, proceeds are donated by the Wedge to a community garden. The total amount of $4,430.10 reflects the use of 88,602 recycled bags.

Urban Lands Project - $2,116.00
Soo Line Community Garden - $1,166.10
Youth Farm and Market Project - $1,148.00

Food Shelf Donations

Last year Wedge customers donated $13,057.29 at the checkout cash registers for area food shelves. Those donations were dispersed in either cash or food purchased wholesale by the Wedge to the following organizations.

Joyce Emergency Foodshelf - $3,150.00
Sabathani Community Center Foodshelf - $3,150.00
Groveland Emergency Foodshelf - $3,150.00
Emergency Foodshelf Network - $3,607.29