Panera Bread strives to support community programs that reflect our core values and serve as a vehicle for outreach and support. In the Greater Chicago area, we partnered with Make-A-Wish Foundation in giving back to our community.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation was founded in 1980 after a little boy named Chris was granted his lifelong dream of becoming a police officer by his local community in Arizona. Since its humble beginnings, the organization has become the largest wish granting organization in the world, yet has maintained its grassroots fulfillment of its mission to grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois has granted over 9,000 wishes of children in the state. A catalyst for hope, strength and joy, a wish rekindles children's belief in themselves and in the possibility of their future.
Each time one of our valued customers donates to the Make-A-Wish Foundation in a Panera Bread cafe, a child will have the opportunity to just be a kid again through his or her magical wish.
Visit www.wishes.org
for more information about the organization.
