If you participate in our Run for Hope 5k on May 12, 2012 you will not only receive a T-shirt but an awesome swag bag full of yummy items!

BE SURE to REGISTER by APRIL 20th to be guaranteed a t-shirt! The registration cost is only $28.25.

Your FREE swag bag will include bars from Clif Bar, Pro Bar, Nature’s Path, Think thin,  Annie’s Organic, and fruit squeezable smoothies from Happy Squeeze and Happy Morning, a trail mix from Enjoy Life,   and tea from Choice Organic Teas . On race day you will receive water from either Ice Box or Evamor,  a banana from Equal Exchange   and a yogurt from Chobani! These are all companies who donated product for this event and we sincerely appreciate it!

A special thanks also goes out to our Plantium sponsor Amica Insurance, our Silver sponsor Life Wellness Center, and Bronze Sponsors, Dakota Electric Association and Crown Rental.  Your support is greatly appreciated!

100% of all  sponsorship and participation funds will be donated to Hope For Tomorrow Mentoring, a non-profit organization of volunteer business professionals who mentor students in Dakota and Hennepin County schools.

We feel very lucky to work with such wonderful vendors that help us provide you with high quality product selection. These products are not only high quality because of the ingredients in them, but because of the generous hearts behind them.

The support Valley Natural Foods provided to many local events over the last couple of months was because of product donated from our vendors.

• Vendor support from Nature’s Path, Happy Family, Pamela’s, Thuro Bread, and Annie’s, helped provide 3,000 snacks to hungry walkers at the Mall of America, who gave up their morning to walk for Autism on September 24^th.
• Food Should Taste Good chips sure went a long way to give energy to runners at the Bloomington Lupus Foundation’s 5K run for Lupus research on September 10^th.  They also helped District #191 Burnsville teachers and administration ring in the school year with their annual staff party in late August.
• We can’t forget Equal Exchange who graciously provided bananas to yet another 5k event sponsored by the Church of the Risen Savior in Burnsville on September 17^th.

Thanks goes out to our vendors-we couldn’t support all of these events without you!

When you stop in Valley Natural Foods and think about what you need to stock up on this week, keep in mind the names of these companies and how they so generously give back to our local community. Also, look to save on their products this week with a coupon!

Save on Nature’s Path granola bars, Equal Exchange bananas, Food Should Taste Good Chips, any Happy Family ( Happy Baby) product, Pamela’s baking mixes, Thuro Bread and Annie’s Bunnies through October 4^th with online coupons.