"Share the Warmth" with Panera Bread Café and Keep Kids and Seniors Warm with The Salvation Army and WTAE-TV's Project Bundle-up

CARNEGIE, Pa., Nov. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- During the month of December, enjoy delicious free coffee and provide new winter outerwear for needy children and seniors.  Panera Bread is joining forces with Project Bundle–Up through its "Share the Warmth" program to give back to the community.

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Beginning December 1st, Panera Bread Café travel coffee mugs can be purchased for $10(plus tax) at any of its 29 locations in the Pittsburgh area.  The travel coffee mug purchase will enable the guest to have free coffee through December 31st.  All guests getting a free refill must present their mug at the register before filling up.  A portion of the proceeds will benefit The Salvation Army and WTAE-TV's Project Bundle-Up.

"Panera Bread is honored to be working with The Salvation Army and Project Bundle-Up.  Supporting the communities of the Pittsburgh area is what we strive to do.  Thank you to our loyal customers for supporting this campaign and joining us to make a difference in children's lives," said Sam Covelli, Owner/Operator, Covelli Enterprises.

The Salvation Army and Project Bundle-Up is also Panera Bread Café's "Operation Dough Nation" partner for November and December 2013.  Guests' spare change can be put in the canisters at the registers and it will all be donated back to Project Bundle-Up.

Since 1986, The Salvation Army and WTAE-TV have been working together to provide children from birth through 18 and senior citizens ages 62 and over in Western Pennsylvania with new winter outerwear.  Since its beginning, several key events have helped to raise over 11.8 million dollars and serve more than 236,000 needy people

Both a church and a social service organization, The Salvation Army began in London, England in 1865.  Today, it provides critical services in 126 countries worldwide.  The 28-county Western Pennsylvania Division serves thousands of needy families through a wide variety of support services.  To learn more about The Salvation Army in Western Pennsylvania, log onto www.salvationarmy-wpa.org, twitter.com/SalArmyPGH or facebook.com/SalvationArmyWesternPA.  The Salvation Army … Doing the most good . . . for the most people . . . in the most need.

About Covelli Enterprises and Panera Bread: Covelli Enterprises operates more than 240 bakery-cafés in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Florida and Ontario, Canada.  Covelli Enterprises is the nation's largest franchisee of Panera, LLC.  www.paneracovelli.com

SOURCE The Salvation Army Western Pennsylvania Division