By Daily Press staff
Every little bit helps. For the third consecutive year, supermarket partners Ralph’s and Food 4 Less are teaming up to support America’s Second Harvest, the nation’s largest domestic hunger organization, according to officials.
From now until the end of June, all Ralph’s and Food 4 Less stores are offering customers and associates the opportunity to make monetary donations to help feed hungry families in support of National Hunger Awareness Day, which was June 7. Monies collected in the companies’ Los Angeles County stores will go directly to the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank, a private, nonprofit organization. Through a network of more than 1,000 charitable agencies, the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank provides enough food for more than 640,000 meals each week for residents of Los Angeles County. For more information on the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank, visit www.lafoodbank.org.
Last year, the fundraising campaign raised more than $70,000 for America’s Second Harvest food banks. Local Elks contribute to national foundation
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 25, 2005. Read the original PDF.