Panera Bread® Raises Thousands for Local Children in Need

Release date: 1/19/2011

Children’s Home Society of Florida (CHS) started 2011 off with some extra dough thanks to Panera Bread.

Panera Bread donated $2,098.64 to CHS. The money was raised during “Drive-Thru for a Cause” Dec. 27 at the new Panera Bread bakery-cafe in St. Augustine.

“We are excited to have a new location in St. Augustine,” says Steve Lisner, who oversees regional operations of Panera Bread in Jacksonville. “Whenever we open a new location, we like to use it as an opportunity to show our support for our community and the great work that CHS does.”

Panera’s donation to CHS will support programs to protect children at risk of abuse, neglect or abandonment; strengthen and stabilize families; and find safe, loving homes for children in need.

Panera partners with CHS year-round. Through the local Community Breadbox™ program, Panera Bread matches 50 percent of cash donations made by customers and donates it CHS.

Established in 1902, Children’s Home Society of Florida (CHS) is Florida’s oldest statewide not-for-profit provider of services to children and families. CHS delivers a unique spectrum of social services designed to protect children at risk of abuse, neglect or abandonment; to strengthen and stabilize families; to help young people break the cycle of abuse and neglect; and to find safe, loving homes for children. Last year, CHS helped improve the lives of more than 126,000 children and family members.

No clients shall be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Clients needing accommodations for a disability and/or clients with special communications needs should contact their Children’s Home Society of Florida worker or make their request for accommodation at the time of admission into a Children’s Home Society of Florida program.

CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA, REGISTRATION #CH180, IS REGISTERED WITH THE STATE UNDER THE SOLICITATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS ACT. A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE (800-435-7352) WITHIN THE STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.