Jerry’s Foods Sells “Monarch Cupcakes” to Benefit the Save Our Monarchs Foundation

Minneapolis, MN – May 6, 2015 – Jerry’s Foods will be selling special “monarch cupcakes” to benefit the Save Our Monarchs Foundation, a Minnesota-based foundation solely dedicated to saving the monarch butterfly.
A grassroots non-profit organization, Save Our Monarchs is the only foundation in the U.S. whose primary mission is to save the monarch butterfly by planting more milkweed – the sole source of sustenance of the monarch caterpillar.
Cupcakes decorated with the distinctive black and orange monarch butterflies will be sold in packets of six, starting May 8 at all three Jerry’s Foods, located in Edina, Eden Prairie and Woodbury. Jerry’s will donate 50 cents per pack to the Save Our Monarchs Foundation, which depends upon donations to purchase and distribute the milkweed seeds the monarch caterpillars depend upon for their survival. The cupcakes will be sold all summer, through the end of August.
Over the past year, Save Our Monarchs has been distributing nearly 100,000 milkweed seed packets every month through its website as well as to visitors and supporters of the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, the Science Museum of Minnesota, Pheasants Forever, the Butterfly House at the Minnesota State Fair and the Oklahoma State Fair, customers of Bachman’s and many other Twin Cities area retailers and garden centers.
Anyone concerned about the plight of the butterfly can make a $25 donation through the website, SaveOurMonarchs.org, and the Foundation will send them 100 seed packets.
Each seed packet costs about a dollar for the seeds, printing the packets, mailing costs and fulfilling the orders, said Ward Johnson, executive director of Save Our Monarchs. “We’re giving away thousands of seed packets with absolutely no strings attached. We only ask that they plant the seeds in the ground as soon as possible,” Ward Johnson said.
“Donations are desperately needed so we may continue our efforts to save the monarch butterfly – one milkweed at a time,” he said.
Ward Johnson is meeting with the Edina City Council on May 6 to educate city council members on the issues facing the monarch butterfly and enlist their support.
A grassroots non-profit organization, Save Our Monarchs is the only foundation in the U.S. whose primary mission is to save the monarch butterfly by planting more milkweed – the sole source of sustenance of the monarch caterpillar.
Cupcakes decorated with the distinctive black and orange monarch butterflies will be sold in packets of six, starting May 8 at all three Jerry’s Foods, located in Edina, Eden Prairie and Woodbury. Jerry’s will donate 50 cents per pack to the Save Our Monarchs Foundation, which depends upon donations to purchase and distribute the milkweed seeds the monarch caterpillars depend upon for their survival. The cupcakes will be sold all summer, through the end of August.
Over the past year, Save Our Monarchs has been distributing nearly 100,000 milkweed seed packets every month through its website as well as to visitors and supporters of the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, the Science Museum of Minnesota, Pheasants Forever, the Butterfly House at the Minnesota State Fair and the Oklahoma State Fair, customers of Bachman’s and many other Twin Cities area retailers and garden centers.
Anyone concerned about the plight of the butterfly can make a $25 donation through the website, SaveOurMonarchs.org, and the Foundation will send them 100 seed packets.
Each seed packet costs about a dollar for the seeds, printing the packets, mailing costs and fulfilling the orders, said Ward Johnson, executive director of Save Our Monarchs. “We’re giving away thousands of seed packets with absolutely no strings attached. We only ask that they plant the seeds in the ground as soon as possible,” Ward Johnson said.
“Donations are desperately needed so we may continue our efforts to save the monarch butterfly – one milkweed at a time,” he said.
Ward Johnson is meeting with the Edina City Council on May 6 to educate city council members on the issues facing the monarch butterfly and enlist their support.