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Dan Marino Foundation in Broward Partners With Panera Bread for Autism Cookie Campaign

Covelli Enterprises, the largest franchisee of Panera Bread, is partnering with the Dan Marino Foundation for its ‘Pieces of Hope for Autism’ cookie campaign. From Monday, April 4 through Sunday, April 10, 100% of proceeds from all ‘Pieces of Hope’ cookie sales will be donated to the Dan Marino Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving people’s lives with autism and other developmental disabilities.

The puzzle piece cookie will be sold in all Panera Bread locations in Broward and Palm Beach Counties. Since 2010, Covelli Enterprises has donated more than $2 million to its local communities to support various autism organizations, schools and centers in providing services, scholarships, research, treatment, advocacy and resources for families. In South Florida, the company has partnered with the Dan Marino Foundation for 11 years, raising over $475,000 for the foundation. 

“Even though the last two years have had their challenges, we are thankful and humbled to be able to continue giving back to our communities with programs like Pieces of Hope for Autism,” Sam Covelli says, Owner/Operator of Covelli Enterprises. “This special cookie campaign allows us to make such a positive difference in our communities, which is what we aim to do every day through our products and our bakery-cafes.” 

The Dan Marino Foundation will also benefit from the company’s Operation Dough-Nation program during the entire month of April. This program allows customers to make monetary donations in boxes located at the register in Panera Bread bakery-cafes. Cookies can be purchased online at Panerabread.com or on the Panera app for Rapid Pick-Up, Curbside, Delivery, and Catering. Panera Bread is encouraging ‘Pieces of Hope’ campaign supporters to share photos of their cookies on social media using #everycookiecounts. 

“Claire and I are proud to be partnering with Panera Bread and the Pieces of Hope cookie campaign for the eleventh year,” Dan Marino says, Chairman of the Dan Marino Foundation. “We appreciate Covelli Enterprises enduring commitment to the autism community. Every cookie purchased makes a difference in providing local programs and services. Just like the Panera Bread team, these cookies are the best.”  

The puzzle piece cookie is sold in Covelli-owned and operated Panera Bread cafés in South Florida (Broward and Palm Beach Counties). The cookie consists of Panera’s famous shortbread shaped like a puzzle piece topped with sweet blue icing and is made entirely free of any artificial colors, flavors, additives or preservatives. 

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Drew Limsky joined Lifestyle Media Group in August 2020 as Editor-in-Chief of South Florida Business & Wealth. His first issue of SFBW, October 2020, heralded a reimagined structure, with new content categories and a slew of fresh visual themes. “As sort of a cross between Forbes and Robb Report, with a dash of GQ and Vogue,” Limsky says, “SFBW reflects South Florida’s increasingly sophisticated and dynamic business and cultural landscape.”

Limsky, an avid traveler, swimmer and film buff who holds a law degree and Ph.D. from New York University, likes to say, “I’m a doctor, but I can’t operate—except on your brand.” He wrote his dissertation on the nonfiction work of Joan Didion. Prior to that, Limsky received his B.A. in English, summa cum laude, from Emory University and earned his M.A. in literature at American University in connection with a Masters Scholar Award fellowship.

Limsky came to SFBW at the apex of a storied career in journalism and publishing that includes six previous lead editorial roles, including for some of the world’s best-known brands. He served as global editor-in-chief of Lexus magazine, founding editor-in-chief of custom lifestyle magazines for Cadillac and Holland America Line, and was the founding editor-in-chief of Modern Luxury Interiors South Florida. He also was the executive editor for B2B magazines for Acura and Honda Financial Services, and he served as travel editor for Conde Nast. Magazines under Limsky’s editorship have garnered more than 75 industry awards.

He has also written for many of the country’s top newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, USA Today, Worth, Robb Report, Afar, Time Out New York, National Geographic Traveler, Men’s Journal, Ritz-Carlton, Elite Traveler, Florida Design, Metropolis and Architectural Digest Mexico. His other clients have included Four Seasons, Acqualina Resort & Residences, Yahoo!, American Airlines, Wynn, Douglas Elliman and Corcoran. As an adjunct assistant professor, Limsky has taught journalism, film and creative writing at the City University of New York, Pace University, American University and other colleges.