Giving Back to the Community in 2007

Wedge Co-op Donations Committee Recipients 2007

The Wedge Donations Committee gives a limited number of $50.00 gift certificates to organizations that are coop related, food related, focused on the environment and in the neighborhood served by the Wedge. Donations are limited to one per organization in a calendar year. Requests must be made in writing, on organizational letterhead, at least eight weeks before needed.

• Mu Performing Arts
• Sexual Violence Center
• City of Lakes Community Land Trust
• Community Child Care Center
• Pillsbury House Theatre
• Frank Theatre
• Barebones Productions
• A Cause for Fashion
• People Serving People
• Metropolitan Open School
• Inside 3 Hands Bodyworks
• The City, Inc.
• Growing the Connections Conference
• Mental Health Association of MN
• Pet Haven Inc. of MN
• SAGE Dance Awards
• N. Am. Council on Adoptable Children
• MCTC Bingo
• TVbyGIRLS
• Atrebla Early Learning Center
• Judson Preschool Silent Auction
• Women's Prison Book Project
• Compassionate Action for Animals
• Powderhorn Park Neighborhood
• Association
• Patrick's Cabaret
• YouthCARE
• Walldogs on Nicollet
• MN Zoo Beastly Ball
• Tolzmann's TC Boxing
• North Country Herbalist Guild
• Girl Scouts Sports & Wellness Activities
• MN Advocate for Human Rights, Intl
• Women's Day
• Kenwood Elementary School
• Bryn Mawr PTA/School
• Grace Nursery School
• Asian Media Access
• Calliope Women's Chorus
• Whittier International Elementary School
• Great River Greening
• Second Chance Animal Rescue
• U of M Initiative for Renewable Energy & the Environment
• Clara Barton Open School
• Avenues for Homeless Youth
• La Oportunidad, Inc.
• ROCK: Raising Our Celiac Kids
• GLBT Pride/Twin Cities

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 $7349.25 reflects the use of 146,985 recycled bags.

• Soo Line Community Garden: $3,495.80
• Green Institute: $3,853.45

Food Shelf Donations

Last year Wedge customers donated $15,420.48 at the checkout cash registers for area food shelves, during the period of Jan. 1, 2007 - Dec. 31, 2007. Of which $7,785.54 went to purchase food at wholesale, and the remaining was dispersed as cash to the following organizations:

• Emergency Foodshelf Network: $1,583.65
• Groveland Emergency Foodshelf: $1,580
• Joyce Emergency Foodshelf :$1,580
• Sabathani Foodshelf: $1,580
• Minnesota Food Share: $1,311.29

In addition, the Wedge donated an additional $14,866.72 of food items to local food shelves, calculated at wholesale, not including our fourth quarter.

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: $10,000
• Youth Farm and Market Project: $9,000
• Farmer's Legal Action Group: $7,000
• Eureka Recycling: $7,000
• Community Design Center of MN: $4,000
• Land Stewardship Project: $3,500
• Great Plains Windustry Project: $2,500
• Powderhorn Empty Bowls: $500
• Urban Earth Flower & Garden Co-op: $500
• Local Fair Trade Network: $500

Other Donations:

• Sow the Seeds Flood Relief Match: $10,000
• Sow the Seeds Flood Relief Coffee: $486.24
• Sow the Seeds Flood Relief Member/Customer Donations: $16,522.56
• NCBA: $352
• MOSES: $1,645
• UMOFC Conference: $1,962.25
• We Win Institute: $12
• Whittier Alliance: $120
• Friends Plant Sale: $161.01
• Mpls National Night Out: $100
• Coop Development Foundation: $110
• CGIN: $200
• Midtown Greenway: $31.19
• Red Cross 35W Bridge relief: $684.70
• Red Cross Flood Relief: $245.76
• Free Fill to Kickapoo Coop (flooded): $118.75
• Turkeys to Open Arms: $1,000