MAY 9, 2022--Covelli Enterprises, the largest franchisee of Panera Bread, is partnering with On Our Sleeves, the movement for children’s mental health, through the launch of its inaugural Chip in for Children’s Mental Health campaign. In honor of Mental Health Awareness month, from May 9-22, a portion of proceeds from all Chocolate Chipper cookies sold at thirty-nine Covelli-owned and operated Panera Bread locations in Columbus and Central Ohio, will support this vital initiative, powered by Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
“In the past several years, mental health has become a focal point in our country. The need for mental and behavioral health services are at an all-time high, especially among children and young adults,” said Albert Covelli, Covelli Enterprises Executive Director, and Nationwide Children’s Hospital Board Member. "We are very thankful to partner with Nationwide Children’s Hospital, who has had the boldness to lead the discussion nationally surrounding children’s mental health.”
“We are grateful to Covelli Enterprises for their support,” said Steve Testa, president of Nationwide Children’s Hospital Foundation. “They are raising much needed funds and awareness to help children and families access free mental health resources.”
On Our Sleeves, the movement for children’s mental health powered by the experts at Nationwide will also benefit during the months of May, June, July and August from the company’s Operation Dough-Nation program, which encourages customers to make monetary donations in boxes located at the register in Panera Bread bakery-cafes.
Chocolate Chipper cookies can be purchased online at www.panerabread.com or on the Panera app for Rapid Pick-Up, Curbside, Delivery, and Catering. The Panera Chocolate Chipper, a traditional favorite, is sold in all Covelli-owned and operated Panera Bread cafés. The cookie is made with semi-sweet chocolate chunks and milk chocolate flakes and is made completely free of any artificial flavors, additives, or preservatives.
About Covelli Enterprises
Covelli Enterprises operates Panera Bread bakery-cafés in eight states. Headquartered in Warren, Ohio, Covelli Enterprises is the single largest franchisee of Panera Bread, LLC. Learn more by visiting www.covelli.com.
About On Our Sleeves
Children don’t wear their thoughts on their sleeves. With 1 in 5 children living with significant mental illness and half of all lifetime mental health issues starting by age 14, we need to give them a voice. On Our Sleeves, powered by behavioral health experts at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, aims to provide every community in America with free resources necessary for breaking child mental health stigmas and educating families and advocates, because no child or family should struggle alone.
Since the inceptions of On Our Sleeves in 2018, more than 3 million people have interacted with our free pediatric mental health educational resources at OnOurSleeves.org and our educator curricula have reached more than 1.1 million students across the United State. We depend on philanthropy to underwrite our mission of providing free educational resources across America and will be seeking funding partners to create a meaningful collaboration.
About Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Named the top 10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & World Report’s 2021-22 list of “Best Children’s Hospitals,” Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of America’s largest not-for-profit free-standing pediatric health care systems providing unique expertise in pediatric population health, behavioral health, genomics and health equity as the next frontiers in pediatric medicine, leading to best outcomes for the health of the whole child. Integrated clinical and research programs are part of what allows Nationwide Children’s to advance its unique model of care.. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s faculty train the next generation of pediatricians, scientists and pediatric specialists. The Abigail Wexner Research Institute (AWRI) at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded free-standing pediatric research facilities in the US, supporting basic, clinical, translational, behavioral and population health research. The AWRI is comprised of multidisciplinary Centers of Emphasis paired with advanced infrastructure supporting capabilities such as technology commercialization; gene- and cell- based therapies; and genome sequencing and analysis. More information is available at NationwideChildrens.org/Research.
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