Giving back keeps us busy

Giving back keeps us busy

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Giving back keeps us busy

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There is so much that I love and appreciate about operating Covelli Enterprises and Panera Bread restaurants and there’s no way that I could begin to explain all of them here.

But I am going to concentrate on one of the biggies here: giving back. I’ve talked about giving back on some of my earlier blogs, but quite honestly, it’s like saying “thank you.” You can never say it enough.

Quite simply, we pride ourselves on being good corporate citizens. For us, that means giving and giving back to the communities where we operate our restaurants and the people who come to our restaurants.
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Sometimes, that means that we help non-profits in local markets with projects that matter to them. You can read about some of those on this website by clicking the Communities Link. Below, I focus on some of what our amazing associates are doing in several of our markets.

Pittsburgh and Columbus Hosted Marathons

One of the other common ways we give back is by sponsoring marathons in different communities. We like these events because we believe that they provide a great opportunity for a large number of people to work together for a single cause. We believe that’s powerful.

We also believe that Panera Bread is uniquely situated to help with such events because of our commitment to serving fresh food.
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Pittsburgh Marathon 2 of 3

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In fact, during this past week, both the Pittsburgh and Columbus Panera Bread restaurants were the official sponsors of marathons and both markets proudly served “training menus” for the participants. The food that we offered on these special menus were designed to help the participants maximize their performance during the day.

Panera Bread workers volunteered and also ran in both marathons. And waiting at the finish line for runners in Pittsburgh and Columbus were 20,000 Panera bagels.

The Columbus area Panera Bread restaurants, in partnership with Capital City Half Marathon presented a check for $8,500 to the Ohio Health Foundation for the organizations’ fundraising efforts in March.

United Way of Palm Beach County

United Way of Palm Beach County

South Florida joins United Way’s Great Give

Dine in at Panera Bread CityPlace in West Palm Beach from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 6th and a portion of what you spend will be donated to the United Way Great Give campaign. Additionally, one lucky person will win a catered Panera lunch for 10. The Great Give is a community-wide event that celebrates the spirit of giving and the collective effort it takes to strengthen our community by raising critical funds for local nonprofits.

Our South Florida market is also a sponsor of the Orange Bowl Paddle Championship as part of Covelli Enterprises’ year-long partnership with the Orange Bowl. The Paddle Championship event will be held Saturday, May 9th at the Miami Rowing Club and raises funds for Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Miami.

Erie Recognizes Mother’s Day with Special Promotion

At Panera Breads in the Erie, Pa. area from May 8 through May 14, customers can “round-up” their orders with the proceeds benefitting the March of Dimes.
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Cleveland Panera Breads Salute Nurses

The Cleveland Clinic has singled out 10 of its nurses’ stations for delivering superior service to patients; and Panera Bread will be catering a brunch for those nurses from Wednesday, May 6th to Tuesday, May 12th.
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This coincides with National Nurses’ Week. Additionally, the Solon Panera and the North Olmstead Panera Bread will hold an open house Monday, May 4th and Tuesday, May 5th to celebrate Nurses Week. At this open house, nurses will enjoy light refreshments and have the chance to win prizes from the Cleveland Clinic and Panera Bread, including a Bread for a Year certificate.

More Markets Recognize Nurses

Numerous other Panera Bread markets, including Mahoning Valley, Cleveland, Columbus and Dayton in Ohio; and South Florida will also celebrate nurses by mailing them a promotion with a special offer. This mailing will take place between May 1 and May 15.

Mothers Also Celebrated at Panera Bread

Starting now and continuing through May 10th, customers at Panera Bread restaurants in Pittsburgh, the Mahoning Valley, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and South Florida Panera Bread restaurants can purchase a $25 gift card and receive a free $5 gift card.
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Altoona Celebrates Reading Program

The Altoona Panera Bread is sponsoring a reading program through the Altoona Curve baseball team. Starting May 12, players will be visiting schools and taking lunch from Panera and visiting with the top readers.

There’s so much more.

We’re getting ready for the grand opening of our new Panera Bread café in Delaware, near Columbus, on May 19 and at this opening, we will support an organization dedicated to literacy and positive role models for local children.
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And I am just getting started.

I’ll share more of it next week.

Again, thank you for enabling us to be able to do so much. We are truly humbled by the amazing opportunities to serve our communities.
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