Record breaking donation from Super One to Heart Walk

Super One just donated a record-breaking donation of $90, 367.71 to their heart walk with the American Heart Association. Their annual program of collecting donations at checkout has yielded their largest donation in 25 years of partnership.

This is their largest donation to date with last being only over $70,000 dollars beating the previous year by over $45,000. These donations coming from the community. The funds are collected from the 42 stores of Super One across the state and are being used to give back and support the Northland.

The director of the American Heart Association, Briana Johnson, shared their gratitude and the association’s plans for the donated funds.

“To think about the generosity of the people in our communities and that Super One Foods makes this opportunity available to people is so heartwarming to me to know that so many people care about this cause and are able to collectively come together and really make an impact is just really special.”

She said that the funds will go towards education, community outreach, improved patient care, all here in the Northland. In an effort to continue to provide for the community the American Heart Association has an abundance of really great free resources for everybody on their website. There’s something called Life’s Essential Eight. And it’s really eight simple everyday things that everybody can do to improve their heart health.

Donation History

All these donations came from consumer’s rounding up and donating at checkout. from their past attempts to what they have done currently, the program appears to be increasing. From just a few years ago, raising anywhere from $30,000 to maybe $45,000 a year. And now to raise over $90,000 in one month. Patrick Miner told me about what he has observed as President of Miner’s Corporate.

“I think, you know, what’s incredible is, you know, we used to sell the little hearts and now we’ve moved more to our pin pads right at the check lanes. And it’s really made it easy for the consumer to be able to, you know, participate in this. If it’s, again, 10 cents or it’s $1 or $3 or $5, it’s up to you.”