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Article: Jewel-Osco(R) Awards Over $2 Million for Hunger Relief Efforts.
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- November 2, 2009
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Five Food Banks and over 170 pantries to benefit
ITASCA, Ill., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- JEWEL-OSCO, a leading Midwest food and drug retailer, will present over $2 million in cash and food donations to benefit five major food banks and scores of food pantries in Illinois and Northwest Indiana. Under the JEWEL-OSCO Hunger Relief Grant Program, coordinated in partnership with the Greater Chicago Food Depository, the Northern Illinois Food Bank and the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana, a total of $300,000 in grants will be handed out to 175 food pantries. The funding will be used by the pantries to acquire refrigeration units, stoves, shelving units, food credits and ...