HUDSON VALLEY, NY — It was a banner year for ShopRite Supermarkets’ 10th annual Feeding Our Neighbors campaign. The two-week event raised $107,663 to support Catholic Charities’ food pantries, soup kitchens and other programs that fight hunger in the Hudson Valley. 

Since joining the initiative in 2014, ShopRite has donated more than $793,000, and provided non-perishable food items to support Catholic Charities’ efforts to address food insecurity in the communities it serves. 

The monetary donation reflects the equivalent of more than three million meals during the decade of participation in the annual food drive and fundraiser. ShopRite’s donation stays local to help Catholic Charities address food insecurity through its many programs in the region.

ShopRite employees were on hand at Catholic Charities of Orange, Sullivan and Ulster’s Celebration of Charity dinner, hosted at The Kartrite Resort in Monticello, for the ceremonial presentation made by vice president of operations Mike Schoendorf to Catholic Charities’ board chair Tom Strahle and CEO Shannon Kelly.

ShopRite’s 27 stores in the Hudson Valley participated in the annual campaign to raise funds to support emergency food distribution programs in the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Ulster, Sullivan and Westchester. The campaign, which ran for two weeks in March, raised funds through cash donations at check-out. 

The donation was shared between different Catholic Charities agencies in each of the Hudson Valley counties where ShopRite stores are located. The Monticello location raised $4,903. 

ShopRite Supermarkets was presented with Catholic Charities’ Caritas Award.

While the Feeding Our Neighbors campaign takes place just two weeks each year, the need to feed the hungry lasts all year, Catholic Charities said. For more information about donating cash or food, or to receive food assistance, contact your local Catholic Charities office. In Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties, visit www.cccsos.org or call 845/294-5124 ext. 1005.