This article was published in the February/March 2009 Wedge newsletter. The following information may be outdated.
2008 Donations Committee
Donations Recipients
- Women's Prison Book Project
- Friends School of Minnesota
- MN Advocates for Human Rights
- Judson Preschool
- Young Dance
- St. Louis Park Save Our Surroundings Club
- Kenwood School
- PACT Charter School
- Bryn Mawr School
- Gardenworks Resource Fair
- Raising Our Celiac Kids
- Compassionate Action for Animals
- MN Coalition Against Sexual Assault
- The Bridge Center
- Urban Arts Academy
- Second Chance Animal Rescue
- Kaposia
- In the Heart of the Beast
- Sexual Violence Center
- Friends of the Mississippi River
- Saint Paul Neighborhood Network
- Dads Make a Difference
- Park Nicollet Foundation Gala
- Patrick's Cabaret
- Frank Theatre
- Land Stewardship Project
- Somali Benadiri Community of MN
- Tolzmann's Twin City Boxing
- Metropolitan Open School
- Missing Children Minnesota
- Youth Farm and Market Project
- Hearing and Service Dogs of MN
- Pet Haven
- Community Child Care Center
- Seward Montessori
- Great River Greening
- Mental Health Association of MN
- Neighborhood Involvement Program
- People Serving People
- MN Naturalists' Association
- North American Council on Adoptable Children
- Intermedia Arts
- One Yoga
- The Green Institute Old Arizona
- 20% Theatre Co.
- Lucy Laney Elementary
- Stevens Square Center for the Arts
- Emergency Foodshelf Network
Other Donations
Green Patches:
- Soo Line Community Garden: $7,343.60
- Gardening Matters: $8,761.10
- Food at Cost to Food Shelves (Wedge and CPW donated; not from customer $ at check-out): $106,416.22
Goods at Cost (non-food):
- Harriet Tubman Women's Shelter: $1,454.00
Misc Donations:
- MN Environmental Initiative: $2,000.00
- MOSES: $192.00
- Renewing the CountrySide: $200.00
- Coop Development Foundation (Howard Bowers Fund): $2,712.69
- Autism and Alzheimer's Fund: $5,000.00
- Whittier Alliance: $120.00
Customer Donations:
- Customers donated at check-out for IATP "Local Longer": $1,185.77
- Customers donated at check-out for Midwest Flood Relief: $4,204.06
- Customers donated at check-out for Sow the Seeds: $339.74
- Customers donated at check-out for food shelf: $16,502.24
- of which $13,211.45 went to purchase food at wholesale, and Checks went to:
- Emergency Food Shelf Network: $489.27
- Groveland Emergency Food Shelf: $489.27
- Sabathani Food Shelf: $489.27
- Joyce Emergency Food Shelf: $489.27
- Minnesota Food Share: $1,333.71