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Stop & Shop Donates $5,000 To YMCA To Help Hungry Amid Pandemic
Funding will support emergency food assistance and summer camp programs.
Press release from Stop & Shop:
Aug. 27, 2020
Stop & Shop announced today a donation of $5,000 to the YMCA of the North Shore to support children and families facing food insecurity during the COVID-19 crisis. Stop & Shop committed $2,500 in gift cards to buy food essentials for families in need and $2,500 in product to help children stay nourished during summer camps.
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“We are proud to support the YMCA of the North Shore to help make a meaningful impact in our communities,” said Jennifer Brogan, Director of Community Relations, Stop & Shop. “We hope our support will assist families in putting food on the table while ensuring children can stay active and have fun at camp.”
Partnering with the Stop & Shop at 37 Enon Street in Beverly, an assortment of bottled water, juice and individual packed snacks including pretzels, cheese and crackers, etc., were donated to the YMCA camps across the North Shore, including Salem, Haverhill, Gloucester and Beverly, which serve upwards of 800 children daily. As many as one in every two children rely on Y financial assistance to access camp in these communities.
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Jane Stark, Chief Development Officer at the YMCA of the North Shore said, “We are so grateful to receive this generous donation from Stop & Shop which supports our ability to help children and families who are coping with food insecurity, especially during these unprecedented times. The Y is critical to strengthening our community and collaborations like this with corporations like Stop & Shop enable us to remain committed to making sure we meet the needs of those who need us most.”
Earlier this year, Stop & Shop contributed gift cards to distribute to local families as part of the YMCA’s effort to get meals and grocery deliveries into the hands of more than 500 children and parents throughout the communities it serves, including those living in YMCA affordable housing.
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