Whole Foods Market Winter Park Donates 
More Than $3,300 to Help People with Cancer 
5% Day Benefits Local Non-Profit, Grind for Life 
Orlando, FL (May 27, 2009) – 



On Sunday, April 26, Whole Foods Market Winter Park hosted a 5% Day, donating more than $3,300 or five percent of the day’s net sales to 
Grind for Life, a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide financial 
assistance to cancer patients and their families when traveling long distances to doctors and hospitals. 
While customers shopped for a cause they were treated to skateboarding demonstrations and a 
meet and greet with Mike Rogers, Florida Skateboarding Hall of Fame 2009 Inductee and Grind for Life founder. 
“We had a lot of fun at the store – skateboarding in the parking lot and talking with the customers. We even got in 
the thick of things and bagged a few groceries, which totally took me back to high school,” says Mike Rogers, who 
founded Grind for Life in 2003 after his second battle with sarcoma cancer. 

 

“We’d like to thank all of the Whole Foods Market customers and employees that shopped during the 5% Day 
and for their continued support,” said Rogers. The 5% Day was part of a larger weekend celebration for the 11th Anniversary of Whole Foods Market 
Winter Park.  “Whole Foods Market Winter Park is committed to supporting our local communities and local non-profit 
partners, with events and initiatives like our quarterly 5% Day,” said Leah Abell, Marketing Specialist for the 
store. “Mike and his entire team were a pleasure to work with and I know our customers and employees 
truly enjoyed shopping that day and supporting such a worthwhile cause.”