Bluffton food pantry benefits from Bluffton Community Markets project
Community Markets partnered with Food For All to run a holiday season point-of-purchase fundraiser from Nov. 1, 2010 - Jan. 3, 2011.
The fundraiser featured boards stocked with $1, $3 and $5 donation coupons at each checkout stand. Community Markets in Bluffton selected Bluffton Community Food Assistance to be the beneficiary of the Food For All fundraiser this year.
"Current economic conditions are making it more and more difficult for families to make ends meet. We hope our donation can assist with the basic need of feeding families locally." says Eric Anderson, CEO. "We are very grateful to our customers for helping make this fundraiser possible."
This year, parent company Fresh Encounter, Inc. is donating approximately $4,000 to local food banks through the Food For All program.
About Food For All
Food For All is a non-profit, charitable marketing organization that runs point-of-purchase fundraisers in over 6,000 retail locations nationwide. Proceeds from these fundraisers are allocated to hundreds of anti-hunger organizations and non-profits around the country.
Since the organization's inception in 1985, Food For All has raised over $61 million to fight hunger in America and abroad. For more information, please visit our website at www.foodforall.org or e-mail [email protected].
Headquartered in Findlay, family owned Fresh Encounter, Inc. is Ohio's largest independent grocery retailer; now operating 32 outlets throughout Ohio and Indiana. Fresh Encounter operates supermarkets under the brands of Community Markets, Great Scot Community Markets, Fulmer Community Markets, Save-a-Lot and Sack-N-Save Supermarkets.
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