ShopRite Supermarkets Donate $125,000 to Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY — Team members from ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc. presented a check recently for $125,000 to representatives from Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, whose mission is to provide lifesaving and life-changing care to children throughout the Hudson Valley and beyond. ShopRite stores throughout Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester Counties in New York, and Sussex County in New Jersey, collected donations at checkout from February 19 through March 4.

The funds will support the hospital’s mission to provide advanced pediatric care to thousands of local children each year.

Customer service managers from the top fundraising stores that participated in the fundraiser – ShopRite of Tuckahoe Road, Vails Gate, and Scarsdale – were on-hand to present the donation.

The hospital provides care to thousands of local children, including those in need of open heart surgery, brain surgery, cancer treatment, trauma and burn care, organ transplants and more, according to a spokeswoman.

Participating ShopRite stores included Bedford, Carmel, Chester, Cortlandt, Croton, Ellenville, Fishkill, Greenway, Kingston, LaGrangeville, Liberty, Middletown, Monroe, Montgomery, Monticello, Newburgh, New Rochelle, New Paltz, Scarsdale, Poughkeepsie, Thornwood, Tuckahoe, Vails Gate, Wallkill, Warwick and White Plains, as well as Montague, NJ.

Photo caption: Angela Carlone, customer service manager, ShopRite of Vails Gate; Natasha Smith, customer service manager, ShopRite of Tuckahoe Road; Amy Cummingham, customer service manager, ShopRite of Vails Gate; Kevin Carraccio, senior vice president of development, Westchester Medical Center Health Network; Vicki Brown, customer service manager, ShopRite of Tuckahoe Road; Louis Montello, customer service manager, ShopRite of Scarsdale; Lesly Guillen-Boza, customer service manager, ShopRite of Scarsdale; and Yuri Martinez, customer service manager, ShopRite of Scarsdale. Photo credit: Submitted.