Giving Back to the Community in 2006

Wedge Co-op Donations Committee Recipients 2006

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.

Compassionate Action for Animals
Sexual Violence Center
MN Zen Center
Judson Preschool
Grace Nursery School
Women's Prison Book Project
Bryn Mawn Elementary Family Fun Night
SLP HS Animal Rights Group
MN Advocates for Human Rights
Emerson Spanish Immersion Learning Center
Kenwood Elementary School
Lake Harriet Community School
Frank Theater
Friends of Loring Park
Chrysalis
Pillsbury House Harvest Festival
Simpson Housing Services
Sundays Energy
Clara Barton School
Minnesota Sinfonia
Pratt School
National Night Out
Southside Family School
Gale Woods Farm
Stevens Square Community Organization
WAMM
Missing Children MN
No Coast Craft-o-Rama
Earthfusion Festival
Jawaahir
TC Green Guide
Inside 3 Hands
People Serving People
Bird x Bird
MN Coalition for the Homeless
Youth Farm
Animal Ark
Friends School of MN

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 of $6,158.55 reflects the use of 123,171 recycled bags.

Soo Line Community Garden $2945.70
Green Space Partners/Green Institute $3212.85

FOOD SHELF DONATIONS

Last year Wedge customers donated $6081.15 at the checkout cash registers for area food shelves, during the period of Jan. 1, 2006 - Dec. 31, 2006. Those donations were dispersed in either cash or food purchased wholesale by the Wedge to the following organizations:

Emergency Foodshelf Network ($1,581.15)
Groveland Emergency Foodshelf ($1,500.00)
Joyce Emergency Foodshelf ($1,500.00)
Sabathani Foodshelf ($1,500.00).

In addition, the Wedge donated an additional $17,135.21 of food items to local food shelves, calculated at wholesale.

WEDGESHARE RECIPIENTS

Each year the Wedge philanthropic Wedgeshare grant program donates a portion of profits to organizations who apply. In October, the membership voted to allocate the fund to the following organizations:

Cornucopia Institute $8,000
Youth Farm and Market Project $9,000
Land Stewardship Project $8,000
Local Fair Trade Network $6,000
Northside Food Project $5,000
Farmer 's Legal Aid $9,000
Heart of the Beast Theatre $5,000

OTHER DONATIONS:

Cooperative Grocers' Information Network
   -Wedge gave $100
Co-op Development Foundation / Howard Bowers Educational Fund
   -Wedge gave $945
Cooperative Grovers' Information Network Scholarship Fund
   -Wedge gave $50
Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Services
   -Wedge gave $60
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy Sponsor Dinner
   -Wedge gave $250
Whittier Alliance
   -Wedge gave $500
Consumer Co-op Management Association Gift Basket
   -Wedge gave $87.96
Midtown Greenway Coalition
   -Wedge gave $500
Upper Midwest Organic Farming Conference
   -Wedge gave $900