Wegmans customers give big to hunger relief in 2012
Posted at: 01/30/2013 11:15 AM
The Wegmans Check Out Hunger and Care About Hunger campaigns raised $1.38-million in 2012.
“We’re thankful for our customers and employees who step up to give in such a generous way,” said Linda Lovejoy, Wegmans' community relations manager. “Their donations at checkout help reduce hunger that exists right in our own neighborhoods and communities.”
Both campaigns allowed shoppers to donate $1, $2, $3, or $5 (or any amount) at checkout to each store's local food bank. In Rochester, the money raised goes to Foodlink. This year, $667,644 was raised.
The food banks that will receive donations are listed below with the amount raised, and in parentheses, the Wegmans stores that raised money for them:
- Food Link - $667,644 (Greater Rochester area, New York)
- Frederick Community Action Agency - $9,213 (Frederick, Maryland)
- Maryland Food Bank - $10,503 (Hunt Valley, Maryland)
- Harford Community Action Agency - $8,540 (Bel Air, Maryland)
- Howard County Community Action Council - $25,136 (Columbia, Maryland)
- ACTS - $29,024 (Potomac Mills, Virginia)
- Food for Others - $52,103 (Fairfax, Virginia)
- Fredericksburg Area Food Bank - $12,643 (Fredericksburg, Virginia)
- Loudoun Interfaith Relief - $33,439 (Sterling and Leesburg, Virginia)
- SERVE - $23,091 (Lake Manassas, Virginia)
- Community Food Bank of New Jersey - $58,756 (Bridgewater and Woodbridge, New Jersey)
- Food Bank of Monmouth & Ocean Counties - $117,756 (Ocean and Manalapan, New Jersey)
- Food Bank of South Jersey - $73,119 (Cherry Hill and Mt. Laurel, New Jersey)
- Mercer Street Friends - $66,977 (Princeton, New Jersey)
- Bucks County Opportunity Council - $24,759 (Warrington, Pennsylvania)
- Chester County Food Bank - $57,367 (Downingtown and Malvern, Pennsylvania)
- Cluster Outreach Center - $34,531 (Collegeville, Pennsylvania)
- Second Harvest Food Bank of Lehigh Valley & SE PA - $58,573 (Allentown, Bethlehem, and Nazareth, Pennsylvania)
- Philabundance - $16,468 (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania)
Hunger relief campaigns raised a total of $2.3 million at Wegmans in 2012. Since these programs began in 1993, the company has raised more than $21 million for hunger relief.