Panera Bakes Cookes of Hope

In honor of National Autism Awareness Month, Panera Bread is hosting its annual “Pieces of Hope for Autism” campaign.

 Stop by one of the 11 Panera Bread locations  the week of April 13-19 and purchase a specialty puzzle-piece shortbread cookie. One-hundred percent of the proceeds from the puzzle-piece shortbread cookies will be donated to Dayton Children’s Hospital!

“The growing number of children who are being born with autism in the United States today gave us cause to take action. Since April is National Autism Awareness Month, it seemed an appropriate time to focus on autism and raise funds in support of research,” said Ashley Bates, marketing coordinator for Panera Bread.