ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc. Announces Fundraiser Benefitting Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital

From ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc.:

ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc., owner and operator of 34 stores throughout Middlesex, Sussex and Union Counties in New Jersey and Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Schenectady, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester Counties in New York, today announced its campaign to raise funds to benefit Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, whose mission is to provide lifesaving and life-changing care to children throughout Hudson Valley and beyond.

From November 6 through November 26, ShopRite stores throughout Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester Counties will collect donations at checkout and host in-store events, activities and fundraisers to support the hospital’s commitment, which provides care to more than 20,000 critically ill infants and children each year. The funds raised will provide advanced pediatric care to thousands of local children, including those in need of open heart surgery, brain surgery, cancer treatments, trauma and burn care, organ transplants and more. To date, ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc. has raised over $700,000 to benefit Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital and its efforts.

“We are honored to continue our campaign for Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital and raise funds to help local children and families within the communities our stores serve,” said Tom Urtz, vice president of operations, ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc. “Charitable giving is a core value of our ShopRite team, and this campaign would not be a success without the drive from our store associates to implement in-store fundraisers, activities and events, along with the generosity of our customers, who make it possible to continue to support this wonderful organization.”

“Our mission at Maria Fareri Children’s is to provide the very best in advanced pediatric care to our region’s most seriously ill and injured children,” said Michael Gewitz, M.D., William Russell McCurdy Physician-in-Chief at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital. “ShopRite, its staff and customers are helping us succeed in this mission through their devotion to our hospital and generosity during ShopRite’s fundraising campaigns. In fact, ShopRite donations helped Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital construct a new, state-of-the-art pediatric imaging suite that offers families the highest quality diagnostic imaging with minimal exposure. This unique and helpful service would not have been possible without ShopRite’s support.”

In addition to donations collected at checkout, ShopRite will lend its support during the 12th Annual 100.7 WHUD Radiothon For The Kids, cared for at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, which will take place November 16 – 18. ShopRite representatives will participate in the Radiothon on November 18 between 7am and 8am and 100% percent of the funds raised will support the hospital and its efforts to care for local children battling complex medical conditions.

Participating ShopRite stores include Bedford, Carmel, Chester, Cortlandt, Croton, Ellenville, Fishkill, Greenway, Kingston, LaGrangeville, Liberty, Middletown, Monroe, Montague, Montgomery, Monticello, Newburgh, New Rochelle, New Paltz, Scarsdale, Poughkeepsie, Thornwood, Tuckahoe, Vails Gate, Wallkill, Warwick and White Plains.

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