The Connecticut Sports Foundation Against Cancer has teamed up with Panera Bread/Howley Bread Group, Ltd for its Operation Dough-Nation Program. The partnership includes nine of Panera Bread’s bakery-cafes in Connecticut, including Manchester (2), Enfield, Canton, Glastonbury, Bristol, Newington, Waterford and Foxwoods.

Operation Dough-Nation® is a program committed to ensuring that every purchase at Panera Bread feeds back into the community. Cash donations made in each bakery-cafe by customers are donated to CSFAC. A portion of those donations will be matched by Panera Bread.

“Our intention with the Operation Dough-Nation program is to collect and direct its contributions to deserving organizations,” said Wendy Kopp, Director of Marketing at Panera Bread/HBG. “We kept hearing about the Connecticut Sports Foundation Against Cancer and, after a closer look, have been really impressed with the impact they’re making in the community in support of cancer patients and their families.”

All nine Panera Bread bakery-cafes partnering with the Connecticut Sports Foundation Against Cancer are open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Via Panera also caters and delivers its full menu to offices and parties of 5 or more. All the participating bakery-cafes are owned by one of Panera’s top franchises, the Howley Bread Group, LTD of Cumberland, RI. The franchisee owns and operates a total of ten bakery-cafes in Connecticut and a total of twenty throughout Greater Hartford/Eastern Connecticut, Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island markets.