Meijer Donates $10,000 To Avon Schools

AVON, OH — Meijer marked its entrance into the Northeast Ohio market by opening three stores across the region, and making donations to several community organizations and schools.

The grocery chain donated $20,000 to Community Resource Services (which operates in Avon and Avon Lake) and $10,000 to Avon High School. Checks representing the donations were presented to local officials when the Meijer store had its ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday.

Similar donations were made to Stow High School and Mentor High School, along with Torchlight Youth Mentoring Alliance and Bulldog Bags. Meijer said it donates more than 6 percent of its net profit to charitable organizations each year. The grocery stores will also work with food banks and pantries to fight hunger in the community.

Meijer opened three stores in Northeast Ohio this week, in Avon, Mentor and Stow. Each store is about 155,000-square-feet and will be open 24 hours a day, 364 days a year. All of the stores had ribbon cutting ceremonies on Tuesday, with local dignitaries in attendance.

“We’re proud to open our doors on this first historic day in Northeast Ohio,” said Executive Chairman Hank Meijer. “These new stores reinforce our ongoing commitment to serving the needs of families in the Buckeye State. We look forward to providing our neighbors in Avon, Mentor and Stow the convenience and value that shoppers throughout Ohio have enjoyed for the last 40 years.”