Ocean State Job Lot Alleviates Hunger in Five States with Seven-Truckload Food Donation
RISBJ Staff | Jun 10, 2014
NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI – Ocean State Job Lot, a 113-store discount retail chain headquartered in North Kingstown, R.I., announces an initiative to help alleviate the food crisis throughout the area.
As part of its 2014 “Three Square Meals” family meal assistance program, Ocean State Job Lot’s Charitable Foundation has made arrangements for a purchase of seven truckloads of General Mills products for delivery to seven area food banks.
On Tuesday, June 3, 2014, the food banks each received a 30,000 lb. truckload of nutritious food items including mashed potatoes, soup and pasta.
Established in 2003, Three Square Meals is a public-private initiative funded in part by Job Lot customers who donate $1 at the store’s cash registers during the holiday season; sponsors and vendors; and Job Lot’s Charitable Foundation. The June 3rd donation to the seven food banks is part of a yearlong total of $4.2 million worth of shelf-stable food that is earmarked for distribution to 13 food banks and pantries across six New England states and New York.
“Thanks to one of our most valued business partners, General Mills, and the generosity of Job Lot customers, we are able to fight food insecurity starting with our local communities and food banks,” comments Ocean State Job Lot Owner/Partner Alan Perlman.
The seven food banks in the region receiving the General Mills/Job Lot donation are: Rhode Island Community Food Bank (Providence, RI), Connecticut Food Bank (East Haven, CT), Foodshare (Bloomfield, CT), New Hampshire Food Bank (Manchester, NH), Worcester County Food Bank (Shrewsbury, MA), Food Bank of Western Massachusetts (Hatfield, MA), and the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York (Latham, NY).
“Food insecurity is something we take seriously,” Mr. Perlman continues. “Together with quality products from General Mills, we are leading the fight against hunger.”
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