The Whole Grains Giveaway Total
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As part of our celebration of Whole Grains Month in September 2008, the Whole Grains Council is organizing the Whole Grains Giveaway. All too often healthy food is seen as an elite privilege for the well-to-do. We want to make sure that all socio-economic groups get access to healthy food, including whole grains.
We've asked each and every one of our sponsoring members to donate some amount of whole grain products to a worthy charity of their choice during the months of September and October. We hope that some of the charitable partnerships formed during Whole Grains Month will continue once the Giveaway is over.
7 tons of whole grain:
Donations pledged to date
Although we're still a few weeks away from Whole Grains Month, some companies have already stepped up to the plate to share their whole grain products with a good cause, usually one in their local area.
Pledges as of August 20, 2008 total 7 TONS OF WHOLE GRAINS.
We'll announce the final grand total in early November, as the Thanksgiving holiday looms on the horizon – a perfect time to reflect on sharing the bounty with which we've been blessed.
Thanks to these generous contributors
The following companies have generously pledged contributions to the Whole Grains Giveaway. Come back often as we add more companies to the list.
| Company | Donation |
| Caravan Ingredients | Every Tuesday during the month of September, Kansas-based Caravan Ingredients will have an in-house Bake Day to celebrate Whole Grains Month. Caravan staff will bake, slice, and wrap loaves of their whole wheat bread. These loaves will be donated to the Meals On Wheels distribution center in Lenexa, KS and will then be delivered to over 1,000 homebound elderly residents in their multi-city service region. |
| CCF Brands | Arkansas-based consumer food company CCF Brands will donate bags of its high fiber Olde Hearth Health Crunch bagels to the Samaritan Community Center (Rogers, AR), Ozarks Food Harvest (A2H Affiliate - Springfield, MO), and Community Food Bank of Eastern Oaklahoma (A2H Affiliate - Tulsa, OK). Employees will also volunteer time distributing Olde Hearth Health Crunch bagels through Center City Pantry's mobile food pantry unit and serve bagel pizzas in a local soup kitchen. |
| Cream of Wheat | Cream of Wheat, makers of one of the nation's leading hot breakfast cereals, will donate their delicious Whole Grain Cream of Wheat hot cereal to the Parsippany Troy-Hills Food Pantry in Parsippany, NJ. |
| Dr. Kracker | Dr. Kracker, Dallas-based creator of organic flatbreads, Snacker Krackers, Snack Chips and Snack Flats, is donating one-ounce packages of its savory whole grain crackers to group leaders in Obesity Help, a peer-support community to help those faced with life-threatening morbid obesity. Obesity Help leaders distribute the crackers to educate their members on the value of portion size and whole grains in weight control. |
| Frontier Soups | Frontier Soups is working with a local Waukegan, Illinois soup kitchen to provide over 600 meals of whole grain soup during the month of September. Wheatberry Chili, a chunky vegetable soup with a beautiful blend of wild and brown rices, and a thick and delicious butternut squash and lentil soup will be the three whole grain soups of the month, along with Alphabet soup for kids. |
| Gak's Snacks / HomeFree | Windham, NH-based Gak's Snacks (soon to be known as HomeFree) will donate boxes of its allergen-free chocolate chip, brownie chip, and oatmeal cookies to Shepherd's Pantry, a local food pantry serving families in the southern New Hampshire area. HomeFree cookies are peanut-free, tree-nut free, egg-free and dairy-free, so that people with food allergies can enjoy delicious treats with everyone else. |
| Indian Harvest Specialtifoods | Indian Harvest will donate a variety of whole grains to Schoolcraft Learning Community, a local K-8 charter school in Bemidji, Minnesota. Chef Michael Holleman will lead workshops with the children on the value of whole grains in a balanced diet, the importance of whole foods, and will discuss the idea of heirloom seeds with students in support of their expeditionary learning program on "The World We Want" a rounded look at sustainability in action for ages 5-13. Kid-friendly recipes will be the focus of the workshops and a variety of grains will be donated to the school to feature on the menu the entire month of September. |
| King Arthur Flour | During the months of September and October 2008, King Arthur Flour will teach nearly 3,000 middle school students how to bake with whole grains through its LifeSkills Bread Baking program. The employee-owned company will donate whole wheat flour for the students to bake whole wheat loaves, which are then donated to community food pantries. |
| Mary’s Gone Crackers | Mary’s Gone Crackers, based in Gridley, CA, has pledged donations of their Crackers in five flavors (Original, Herb, Onion, Black Pepper, and Caraway) as well as their Sticks & Twigs in three flavors (Sea Salt, Chipotle Tomato, and Curry), to various local camps, support groups, and fund-raising events for celiac disease and other allergy related groups. |
| Mestemacher Bread / Carl Brandt, Inc. | Carl Brandt, Inc., a Fairfield, CT firm noted for fine specialty food imports, is pleased to donate Mestemacher Whole Grain Bread to Operation Hope. Operation Hope provides innovative solutions to homelessness in Fairfield and the surrounding community through housing development, advocacy, education and personalized support services for individuals and families. Mestemacher whole grain bread originates from Germany and is imported by Carl Brandt, Inc. |
| Riviana Foods | Texas-based Riviana Foods Inc. will be sending boxes of Minute® Ready to Serve Brown Rice and Minute Brown Rice (14 oz) up north to Michigan State University, Sanilac Extension. The boxes of rice and other materials will be used in a whole grains education booth during The Rural Education Project (Project RED), sponsored locally by the Michigan Farm Bureau, which provides a full day of agriculture education to over 800 4th graders in the county. |
| Shiloh Farms | Shiloh Farms of New Holland, PA will donate loaves of its Organic Sprouted Seven Grain Bread to the Bethesda Mission in Harrisburg, PA. The Bethesda Mission is a 94-year-old cross-denominational organization that provides food, shelter, clothing and counseling to hungry and homeless people in the Harrisburg area. |
| Sunnyland Mills | Fresno-based Sunnyland Mills is donating bulgur wheat to the Community Food Bank (an America's Second Harvest affiliate) and contributing volunteer time to teach Community Food Bank employees easy ways to prepare bulgur for delicious and nutritious salads and side dish recipes. |
Members of the media: Please ask us for contact details for any of these generous contributors, if you'd like a local angle on this story of giving.
