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Local heroes help ShopRite warm stomachs and hearts with Turkey donations

Edison, NJ (November 2008) – The holidays are approaching and while some people are planning grocery lists and holiday menus, others will be thinking about where their next meal will come from. ShopRite hopes to help alleviate that worry for families in need this Thanksgiving. ShopRite Partners In Caring will continue to fight hunger within the community by donating 30 tons of turkeys to local food banks throughout New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware and Pennsylvania. ShopRite trucks will make the first turkey donation of the season to the Community Food Bank of New Jersey in Hillside on Veteran’s Day, Tuesday, November 11th at 10 a.m.

This Veteran’s Day, local heroes from New Jersey’s Fallen Soldiers have volunteered to assist in the important delivery of donated turkeys. These men are no strangers to the frontlines and on the day when the country is honoring them, they are continuing to serve their fellow Americans by aiding in the fight against hunger

“Hunger in our communities is prevalent,” said Christine Magyarits, spokeswoman for ShopRite Partners In Caring. “ShopRite is proud to help ease the stress on families by providing them with turkeys for a traditional Thanksgiving meal that they can share and enjoy together. Since 2001,ShopRite has donated nearly one-half million pounds of turkeys during the holidays. This year, we are especially honored that some of America’s heroes have joined us to help in the fight against hunger. ”

ShopRite Partners In Caring Donates 30 Tons of Turkey…Add One

According to Feeding America, (formerly America’s Second Harvest), the nation’s largest charitable hunger-relief organization, more than 36 million people, including 13 million children, live in households that experience hunger or the risk of hunger. These households are unable to consistently access nutritious and adequate amounts of food necessary for a healthy diet.

“The current economy and the added stress of the holidays make it very difficult for families to put enough food on the table,” said Kathleen DiChiara, Executive Director of the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. “Thankfully, generous donations from ShopRite Partners In Caring assist us with the growing need each year.”

The food banks receiving turkey donations from ShopRite Partners In Caring are: Community FoodBank of New Jersey in Hillside, NJ; Mercer Street Friends in Ewing, NJ; NORWESCAP in Phillipsburg, NJ; Food Bank of Monmouth & Ocean Counties in Neptune, NJ; Community FoodBank (Southern Branch) in Egg Harbor, NJ; Food Share in Bloomfield, CT; Connecticut Food Bank in East Haven, CT; Food Bank of South Jersey in Pennsauken, NJ; Food Bank of Hudson Valley in Cornwell-on-Hudson, NY; Long Island Cares in Hauppauge, NY; Food Bank for Westchester in Millwood, NY; Food Bank for NYC in Bronx, NY; Philabundance in Philadelphia, PA; 2nd Harvest of Lehigh Valley in Allentown, PA; Food Bank of Delaware in Newark, DE; H&J Weinberg NEPA in Wilkes Barre, PA and Food Bank of Eastern NY in Latham, NY.

About ShopRite Partners In Caring
ShopRite Partners In Caring is a year-round, community-based, hunger-fighting initiative that works with more than 70 food industry manufacturers to provide $2 million annually to qualified charitable agencies in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Since its inception in 1999, ShopRite Partners In Caring has donated $20 million to more than 1,400 charities. ShopRite Partners In Caring supports emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, child care centers, battered women's shelters, senior citizen programs, drug rehab centers, programs for the mentally and physically disabled, after-school programs and other organizations that aid those in need. The ShopRite Partners In Caring Fund was established in 2002 as a component fund of the Community Foundation of New Jersey to accept private donations that help fund its charitable endeavors. For more information or to learn how you can help, please visit www.shopritepartnersincaring.org

About ShopRite
ShopRite supermarkets are members of Wakefern Food Corporation, a retailer-owned cooperative with stores located throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Delaware. ShopRite serves more than 4 million customers each week. A longtime supporter of key community efforts, ShopRite was named the New Jersey Corporate Philanthropist of the Year, by the Community Foundation of New Jersey. America’s Second Harvest Food Bank Network recognized ShopRite as the Grocery Distributor of the year for its ShopRite Partners In Caring program, a year-round initiative dedicated to fighting hunger in the communities served by ShopRite.