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Donations to regional food banks and pantries generated through combined customer and corporate contributions
SUNBURY, PA (December 20, 2023) – Weis Markets today announced it donated more than $1 million to 18 food banks and pantries as part of the Company’s 16th annual Fight Hunger program. The donation includes customer contributions made at checkout in Weis stores throughout 2023 and a substantial corporate donation.
“Year after year we’re wowed by how supportive our customers and associates are of our Fight Hunger campaign,” said Bob Gleeson, Weis Markets Senior Vice President of Merchandising and Marketing. “We know how important it is to help our local food banks and pantries, particularly during this time of year when we see an increased demand for food. We’re grateful for our Weis team, and our shoppers, for joining with us to make an impact.”
As part of the campaign, Weis Markets presented significant donations to several of its largest partner food banks within its seven-state market area. These contributions include $250,000 to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and $200,000 to the Maryland Food Bank.
“This generous gift from our long-time and deeply valued partner Weis Markets will help us continue to improve the lives of our neighbors in Central Pennsylvania by providing the highest quality service and nutritious, nourishing food,” said Joe Arthur, CEO of the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank. “Our neighbors face tough choices right now between paying their rent, gas, and medical bills or buying food,” he said, adding that the food bank is serving its 27-county service territory at levels even higher than at the peak of the pandemic.
“At a time when more than 1 in 3 Marylanders are having difficulty making ends meet, we’re grateful to Weis Markets for spearheading such a successful campaign,” MFB President & CEO Carmen Del Guercio said. “Thanks to the Fight Hunger initiative and the generosity of Weis customers, fewer Maryland families will be forced to make tough choices between putting food on the table and paying rent or other bills this holiday season.”
Additional recipients of Fight Hunger donations include:
- York County Food Bank
- CEO Weinberg Northeast Regional Food Bank
- CHOW Broome County Council of Churches
- Community Food Bank of NJ
- Damascus Help
- Food Bank of Delaware
- Food Bank of the Southern Tier
- Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank
- Helping Harvest Food Bank
- Western MD Food Bank
- Mountaineer Food Bank
- NORWESCAP
- Philabundance
- Second Harvest Food Bank of the Lehigh Valley
- Open Link Food Bank
- Owl's Nest Food Pantry
About Weis Markets
Founded in 1912, Weis Markets, Inc. is a Mid Atlantic food retailer operating 197 stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, West Virginia and Virginia. For more information, please visit: WeisMarkets.com or Facebook.com/WeisMarkets
About Central Pennsylvania Food Bank
The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank is a nonprofit organization with a mission of fighting hunger, improving lives, and strengthening communities. It provides nutritious meals for 202,500 neighbors each month by working with its 1,050 partner agencies and with the critical help of more than 15,000 volunteers. Its Bold Goal is to provide access to enough nutritious food for everyone struggling with hunger in each of the 27 central Pennsylvania counties it serves by working with its collaborative network and convening and nurturing partnerships to make progress toward ending hunger. Recognizing that there is a direct correlation between hunger and being marginalized, the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank is committed to working against racism and other systemic obstacles that prevent people from thriving.
About the Maryland Food Bank
The Maryland Food Bank is a nonprofit hunger-relief organization dedicated to feeding people, strengthening communities, and ending hunger for more Marylanders by partnering with local organizations from the western mountains
to the Eastern Shore. The food bank’s statewide network of food assistance brings enough resources together to provide nearly 114,000 meals every day (over 41 million meals annually) to hungry children, seniors, veterans, and hard-working families, meeting the immediate needs of hungry Marylanders while simultaneously working to create pathways out of hunger. To learn more about the Maryland Food Bank, visit www.mdfoodbank.org.