WEIS MARKETS RAISES $343,000 FOR LOCAL HUNGER ORGANIZATIONS
Customer donations will benefit more than 150 local hunger organizations
SUNBURY, PA (November 1, 2019) – As part of its 12th annual Fight Hunger campaign, Weis Markets and its associates raised more than $343,000 for more than 150 community hunger-relief organizations in the communities it serves.
“We are proud of our customers and associates for collaborating to fight hunger in the communities we serve,” said Ron Bonacci, Weis Markets’ vice president of advertising and marketing. “Over the past twelve years, our customers have responded to the issue of food insecurity in their communities with tremendous generosity, donating nearly $3 million. We remain committed to fighting hunger year-round in partnership with local hunger-relief organizations and will continue to complement our customers’ generosity with donations of our own.”
The Weis Fight Hunger program, which ran from August 29 to October 2, allowed customers to donate using $1, $3, $5 or $10 vouchers or by rounding up at checkout to help food-insecure families in their communities. Customers also donated shelf stable items such as canned goods, pasta, peanut butter, apple sauce or soup by simply adding these items to their cart throughout their trip and then placing them in donation bins at checkout.
Weis Markets Southern Tier New York district led the company with $57,469 raised in donations, including $9,586 at its Front Street store in Binghamton, NY, and $9,497 at its store on Day Hollow Road in Endicott, NY. These donations benefit Community Hunger Outreach Warehouse (CHOW)/Broome County Council of Churches. In the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, its Pen Argyl store raised $6,566 in cash and item donations for Pen Argyl Salivation Army and its Thurmont, MD store raised $6,069 in cash and item donations for the Maryland Food Bank – Western Branch.
The campaign benefits local food banks and pantries throughout the company’s seven-state market area. Regional food banks, which help coordinate local pick-ups, also participate in the program, including:
The Second Harvest Food Bank of the Lehigh Valley and Northeast PA
The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank (Harrisburg and Williamsport, PA)
The Maryland Food Bank
The Commission on Economic Opportunity/The Weinberg Northeast Regional Food Bank (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA)
Greater Berks Food Bank (Reading, PA)
Philabundance (Delaware Valley, PA)
Community Hunger Outreach Warehouse (CHOW)/Broome County Council of Churches (Binghamton, NY)
Food Bank of the Southern Tier (Elmira, NY)
Food Bank Network of Somerset County
Community Food Bank of New Jersey
Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank (VA)
Food Bank of Delaware
Mountaineer Food Bank (West Virginia)
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About Weis Markets
Founded in 1912, Weis Markets, Inc. is a Mid Atlantic food retailer operating 198 stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Virginia and West Virginia. For more information, please visit: WeisMarkets.com or Facebook.com/WeisMarkets.