from Five Acres
Whole Foods Market presented a check for $9,318.59 to Five Acres Wednesday, July 31, after raising the funds during a Community Support Day in June at the grocer’s Arroyo Parkway and Foothill Boulevard stores in Pasadena.
Five Acres Chief Executive Officer Chanel Boutakidis (seventh from left in the photo) thanked Whole Foods’ Annette Bailey (fourth from right) for raising public awareness and much-needed financial support for at-risk children.
“Whole Foods has made an invaluable contribution that will allow us to continue strengthening local families and create loving, stable environments for children,” Boutakidis said.
Five Acres provides residential care and education, mental health services, foster care and adoptions, and domestic violence prevention to more than 6,500 children and families across Southern California annually.
“Every child deserves to come home to a nurturing, healthy environment,” Bailey said. “We couldn’t be happier to contribute to Five Acres to help make that vision come to life.”
Seen in the photo from left are Five Acres’ Chief Advancement Officer Jay Sanders, Board members Michele Hall and John Reith, Whole Foods’ Heather Anderson, Board member Leslie Lyons and Chief Financial Officer Dan Braun, Boutakidis, Chief Operating Officer Karen Evans, Bailey, Chief Administrative Officer Carmen Benitez, Board member Brad Reaume, and Associate Director of Volunteers and Community Engagement Susan Lowe.
