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DONATION REQUESTS

We appreciate your interest and for giving us the opportunity to partner with your organization. Generosity is at the forefront of everything we do. We care for our communities through our Operation Dough-Nation program, which consists of Panera Gives, Day-End Dough-Nation® and Community Partnerships. Unfortunately, because of supply chain challenges and labor shortages, our Panera Gives program is currently on pause. We look forward to resuming this program in the future; please keep checking this page for any updates. While we are currently unable to assist your organization, please see how we are doing our best to support our local community through other philanthropic initiatives:

Day-End Dough-Nation®: Bread is better when shared. We believe no loaf should go uneaten when we know there are neighbors in need. That’s why we donate our unsold baked goods to local non-profits at the end of the night through our Day End Dough-Nation® program. We partner with local food pantries and shelters, to provide bread and bakery items to those who are food insecure.
Community Partnerships: Throughout the year, we support community partners through our Operation Dough-Nation Community Breadboxes® and fundraising initiatives. We invite our customers to join in our efforts by donating money in our Community Breadboxes® located on the counters in each of our cafes, and by participating in campaigns throughout the year. Some examples include Panera Goes Pink, Flip Flop Cookies for Foster Care, Flower Cookies for Futures, Holiday Giving Trees, Pumpkin Cookies for Foster Children, Heart Cookies for Little Hearts, and an annual Veteran’s Day promotion to honor our brave Veterans and Active Military Members. Additionally, we are proud to provide annual college scholarships and a hands-on learning program to local children who have battled childhood cancer or a chronic blood disorder through the Panera Bread Knead for Knowledge Scholarship Program benefiting the Children’s Cancer Center.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

DONATION REQUEST REQUIREMENTS

The following requirements must be met in requesting a donation from Panera Bread:

Requirements to qualify for a donation request:

Organizations must submit a written request through the online form found on this website. Due to the volume of donation requests that we receive, we can only accept requests through this online form.
The organization must be within the vicinity of a bakery-café or general market area.
Product donations, event sponsorship requests and silent auction requests must be made a minimum of six weeks prior to the date of your event.
To ensure the quality of our product, food donations must be picked up on the day of your event.

Situations where we cannot fulfill a donation request:

Individuals’ efforts to raise funds by participating in a non-profit event (run, bike race, etc.)
Events sponsored by a competitor
Events where our product will be re-sold
Organizations seeking our day-end product. We are proud to bake fresh every day and reserve our day-end product to local food pantries and food shelters. If you are a food pantry or shelter please contact your local bakery-café directly to schedule a pick-up day.

TERMS & CONDITIONS

Covelli Enterprises and Covelli Family Limited Partnership have a policy to reply to all donation requests in writing. If Covelli Enterprises and Covelli Family Limited Partnership are not able to fulfill your request, you will receive an email to that effect within four weeks of receiving your request.

If Covelli Enterprises/Covelli Family Limited Partnership is able to fulfill your request, you will receive a phone call or email to coordinate the donation within four weeks of receiving your request. Covelli Enterprises and Covelli Family Limited Partnership reserve the right to require that the organization display a “Compliments of Panera Bread” or similar sign (at a minimum) with the product donation.

Covelli Enterprises/Covelli Family Limited Partnership reserves the right to specify how the product is to be displayed and handled at the event. All decisions regarding donation requests for Northeast and Central OH, Western PA, Broward and Palm Beach County, FL, West Virginia, and Ontario, Canada, are the sole discretion of Covelli Enterprises and all decisions are final.

All decisions regarding donation requests for the Tampa, FL, East Coast, FL, and Orlando, FL, areas are the sole discretion of Covelli Family Limited Partnership, and all decisions are final.

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