Croton ShopRite to Raise Funds for Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital

CROTON-ON-HUDSON, NY — ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc., owner and operator of 34 stores throughout New York and New Jersey, begins its newest fundraising campaign to benefit Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital on Sunday.

Participating ShopRite stores will collect donations at checkout from Feb. 19 through March 4 in support of the hospital’s mission to provide lifesaving and life-changing care to children throughout the Hudson Valley and beyond.

Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital delivers advanced pediatric care to thousands of local children each year, including those in need of open heart surgery, brain surgery, cancer treatments, trauma and burn care, organ transplants and more.

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To date, ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc. has donated over $850,000 to support the hospital’s efforts.

“It is truly an honor to continue our partnership with Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital,” said Tom Urtz, vice president of operations, ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc., in an announcement about the fundraiser. “We are proud to work with such wonderful employees and customers who are dedicated to making a difference in our communities, and through this latest fundraising campaign, we all look forward to continuing to help support this lifesaving organization and its efforts.”

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

"The generous efforts of ShopRite and its customers are helping us greatly to advance children's healthcare,” said Michael Gewitz, MD, William Russell McCurdy Physician-in-Chief, Maria Fareri Children's Hospital. "Customer donations made through ShopRite's efforts enabled us, for example, to build a unique, state-of-the-art, pediatric imaging suite that improves diagnosis accuracy in a child-friendly environment. In fact, the technology in the suite was instrumental in the process that helped specialists at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital separate conjoined twins this past January, a first for our hospital and the region. These wonderful advances for children would not be possible without ShopRite and its thoughtful customers."