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Community Giving
Vitamin Angels

About Vitamin Angels

Vitamin Angels, (www.VitaminAngels.org) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization providing vital nutrition to children and families in need since 1994. Vitamin Angels responds to the most pressing health concerns identified by the communities requesting its assistance. Nutritional products are contributed by an ever-enlarging association of Vitamin Angels -- a consortium of nutritional supplement manufacturers, distributors and retailers. These goods are then donated to charitable health care facilities and programs located in countries across the globe, including the United States. Last year Vitamin Angels donated over 100 million supplements to people in need in 42 countries around the world. To learn more, visit www.VitaminAngels.org.

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Project Puffin

About Project Puffin

Project Puffin is National Audubon Society’s program to restore nesting colonies of Atlantic Puffins to nesting islands along the Maine coast. Destroyed by uncontrolled hunting for meat and feathers in the 1800’s, only one puffin pair survived in Maine by 1901. Today, about 700 pairs of puffins are thriving on several Maine islands due to Project Puffin. To carry this work worldwide, Audubon has created The Seabird Restoration Program for restoring seabirds to habitats where human actions (e.g. hunting, pollution and climate change) have decimated seabird colonies. At least 42 species in 12 countries have benefited so far. More...

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United Natural Foods is proud to support the following organizations who are working to improve the quality of life in our communities, to protect the environment and to foster stewardship of the land.

Adams County Food Bank
UNFI's Aurora, CO location donates regularly to the Adams County Food Distribution Center to help feed hungry families in their local area.

American Cancer Society - Relay for Life
UNFI Dayville, CT is a proud sponsor of the annual North Eastern CT Relay for Life fundraiser for the American Cancer Society.

American Forests
UNFI is a proud sponsor of American Forests to help restore and protect the natural resource of trees and forests in the US and around the world.

American Red Cross
UNFI participated in raising funds for Hurricane Katrina Relief.

Californians for GE-Free Agriculture
Californians for GE-Free Agriculture is a state-wide coalition of farmer, environmental and consumer groups committed to ecologically responsible and economically viable agriculture.

Ecological Farming Association, Watsonville, CA
Eco-Farm supports a vision for our food system where strengthening soils, protecting air and water, encouraging diverse ecosystems and economies, and honoring rural life are all part of producing healthful food.

Nevada County Food Bank
The Food Bank of Nevada County procures nutritious food and distributes it to the individuals and families of Nevada County who are in need.

Organic Farming Research Foundation, Santa Cruz, CA
OFRF's purpose is to foster the improvement and widespread adoption of organic farming practices.

Organic Trade Association
The Organic Trade Association (OTA) is a membership-based business association that focuses on the organic business community in North America. OTA's mission is to promote and protect the growth of organic trade to benefit the environment, farmers, the public and the economy.

Provender Alliance, Lyons OR
Provender Alliance, which began in 1977, is a non-profit membership organization providing networking, outreach, and education to natural foods and related companies doing business in the Northwest.

Second Harvest
America's Second Harvest—The Nation's Food Bank Network is the nation's largest charitable hunger-relief organization.

The Campaign
Concerned with the growing acreage of unlabeled and inadequately tested genetically engineered crops, The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods was launched in March 1999. Their mission is to create a national grassroots consumer campaign for the purpose of lobbying Congress and the President to pass legislation that will require the labeling of genetically engineered foods in the United States.

The Organic Center
The Organic Center's mission is to generate credible, peer reviewed scientific information and communicate the verifiable benefits of organic farming and products to society.

Tierra Miguel Foundation, Pauma Valley, CA
The Terra Miguel Foundation is a charitable organization offering education programs for the renewal of the earth and humanity through agriculture, education, and the healing arts.

Washington Sustainable Food & Farming Network (WSFFN), Mount Vernon, WA
The Washington Sustainable Food & Farming Network is a grassroots, statewide advocacy organization for sustainable agriculture and family farms in Washington State. Through education, grassroots organizing, policy advocacy and lobbying, the Network has become a leading voice for sustainable agriculture and a key catalyst for change in food and farming policies and practices in Washington State.