The Community Breadbox program uses your generous donations made at Panera Bread^® to give back to your local community. A portion of cash donations made by our customers may be matched by Panera Bread and its franchisees, and distributed to local non-profit organizations to provide basic necessities for those in need.

Just look for the box near the cash registers, donate what you can — and thanks for helping!

Since 1992 our Day-End Dough-Nation^® program has distributed unsold bakery items to local food banks and charitable organizations in cities across the country. Last year, we donated 50 million dollars worth of bread and baked goods to help eradicate hunger. If you’d like to request a donation, we’ll try our best to help. Please visit here to submit an online request for your organization.

Looking for a great way to raise funds in your community? We can help. We proudly participate in the Scrip fundraising program that helps non-profit organizations raise money. This fundraising concept invites non-profit organizations to pre-purchase $10 Panera Card^® gift cards at a 9% discounted rate and then re-sell the Panera Cards at full price. For more information, please contact the Great Lakes Scrip Center by phone at (800) 727-4715, or visit their website at www.glscrip.com.

We applaud our neighbors getting involved in good causes, and we regularly make donations to local community events such as silent auctions, runs and walks, trivia nights, raffles and more.

If you’d like to request a donation, we’ll try our best to help. Please visit here to submit an online request for your organization.