ShopRite Hosts Fundraising To Help Maria Fareri Hospital

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — ShopRite announced its latest campaign to benefit Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, will kick off Sunday and will run for two weeks to raise funds in support of the hospital’s commitment to provide lifesaving care to thousands of local children in the Hudson Valley each year.

Twenty-six participating ShopRite stores throughout Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester Counties in New York and Sussex County in New Jersey will collect donations at checkout from Sunday through Feb. 29 and host in-store events and activities to raise additional funds. The money raised will help provide advanced pediatric care and needed support services to thousands of children throughout the Hudson Valley, including those in need of open-heart surgery, brain surgery, cancer treatments, trauma and burn care, organ transplants and more.

To date, ShopRite has raised over $1.2 million to benefit Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital and its efforts, according to a spokeswoman.

“We are pleased to announce the return of our biannual fundraising campaign to support Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital,” said Brett Wing, president of ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc. “It’s truly an honor supporting this life-changing organization that helps provide advanced care to children in need. We thank our dedicated associates, as well as our generous customers, for the ongoing support of this partnership to make a difference in our communities.”

Michael Gewitz, MD, the William Russell McCurdy Physician-in-Chief of Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, said he was deeply thankful for what ShopRite has done in the past and continues to do.

“Donations made by ShopRite and its customers assist our ability to provide the very best care for infants and children from throughout the Hudson Valley and for the families who support them. Just this past fall, ShopRite and its customers donated more than $100,000 to support much needed expansion of our Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, which cares for the region’s smallest and sickest newborns," he said.

Participating ShopRite stores include those in Fishkill, Lagrangeville and Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County; Chester, Dolson Ave. and Wallkill in Middletown, Monroe, Montgomery, Newburgh, Vails Gate and Warwick in Orange County; Carmel in Putnam County; Liberty and Monticello in Sullivan County; Ellenville and New Paltz in Ulster County; Bedford, Cortlandt, Croton, New Rochelle, Scarsdale, Thornwood, Greenway Plaza and Tuckahoe Rd. in Yonkers and White Plains in Westchester County.

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