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ShopRite Stores Raise $151,250 for Maria Fareri Children's Hospital

The three top fundraising stores were in Westchester County.

ShopRite team members raised more than $150,000 during the month of November for Maria Fareri Children's Hospital.

Stores throughout Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester counties collected donations at checkout and hosted in-store activities and events.

Maria Fareri Children's Hospital is a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network. The $151,250 that was raised will be used to help the hospital to provide advanced pediatric care to thousands of local children.

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The top fundraising stores were ShopRite of Tuckahoe Road, Bedford Hills and Scarsdale.

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

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Photo caption: From left, Tom Urtz, vice president of operations, ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc.; Cathy Grisanti, shopper advocate, ShopRite of Tuckahoe Road; Leonora Kunuria, shopper advocate, ShopRite of Bedford Hills; Eleanor Fallon, shopper advocate for the ShopRite of Scarsdale; Meredith Buono Dagross, manager of marketing and community relations, Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital; Sharbari Bose Kamat, assistant manager, marketing and community relations, Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital. Photo credit: Submitted.

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