Hi everyone. I was asked by the Shoprite Partners in Caring Program to let you all know about an INCREDIBLY EASY way we can all help to get food to local hungry people. Basically, if you simply comment on this blog post, we can get a whole bunch of cereal to our local food pantries. Below is a description of Partners in Caring and how it works. PLEASE POST A COMMENT! You are all so great!!!
ShopRite Partners In Caring – How It Started
The ShopRite organization recognized the pervasive problem of hunger experienced by so many people right in the neighborhoods served by their stores. It’s a problem that not only exists during the holiday season, when attention is focused on charitable giving, but it also exists throughout the year.
Today, the ShopRite Partners In Caring program supports 23 regional food banks and more than 1,400 charitable agencies with food or meal components. With a $2 million annual donation, more than $20 million has been donated since 1999 in the fight against hunger.
Here’s where you can help. If 30 people comment on this blog post, 30 boxes of cereal will be delivered to our local food pantry. SERIOUSLY!!!! Please comment and be a part of the hunger solution.
How It Works:
Companies that have joined ShopRite in the fight against hunger are marked in stores with the ShopRite Partners In Caring shelf label. By choosing these products, ShopRite customers support manufacturers who contribute to the program.
Who Is Served:
More than 36 million Americans go to bed hungry every night – 12 million of them are children. They could be your neighbors, people you know in the community or maybe somebody you said “hello” to this morning. ShopRite is committed to making a difference in the lives of its neighbors. That’s why ShopRite Partners In Caring dollars ultimately service a variety of organizations with feeding capabilities including emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, child care centers, battered women’s shelters, senior programs, drug rehab centers, programs for the mentally and physically disabled, after school programs and other organizations that support those in need in ShopRite communities.
Every time a customer purchases products with the ShopRite Partners In Caring shelf tag, they support the brands that support the fight against hunger. At ShopRite, customers are not just filling a grocery bag; they are helping to fill empty bowls for thousands of hungry families in your community.
PLEASE POST a Comment and help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here are some great items you can purchase at ShopRite to make a healthy green shake! (Don’t forget to come see me demo my shakes at the Montclair Farmers market this Saturday from 9AM-2PM!
Spinach-Banana Shake:
2 frozen bananas (can get at ShopRite)
1/2 bag of frozen spinach from a 1 lb bag (can get at Shoprite)
4 cups water
Puree until smooth in a powerful blender and enjoy!!
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52 Responses
what a great thing to do! you go Alma!
We're big shoprite fans in this house – and we love shoprite from home (most of the time!). it's good to see them partnering with you to raise awareness for your personal cause and to fight hunger. YAY ALMA
YAY Shoprite
– ssd
I love your blog and do most of my shopping at Shoprite. This is fabulous!
Kristi Z.
awesome green shake Alma! Those girls learned to sew a dress and nourish themselves in two easy steps today!
one box of cereal to the Human Needs Food Pantry, coming right up! thanks, Shop Rite! (and Alma)
It's not often that speaking up can have such a quick and tangible effect – thanks for letting us help!
i love following all the great work you are doing on your blog… someone should write a song about YOU!
richard
We're big TBK, ShopRite and cereal fans! Might have to add spinach – banana shakes to the list. Who'd have thought?
Not often that doing good comes this easy. Go girl!
great shake! How can I make a green leafy shake, not green? My kids won't go near green. Let me know your hints and I will get everything at Shoprite – when I am in NY or NJ of course!
We'll see you at the Farmers' Market – might even get the hubby to try a shake!
What a great idea! Happy to help such a good cause.
Cereal is such a great source of nutrition! Warm cereal in the winter and cold cereal all year long is a great source of niacin and other b vitamins. Cereal also makes you feel loved and ready to go!
Way to go, Alma!
Mommy makes me try green shakes-I don't like them but I like cereal!
love,
Ilah
will have to try this…
They taste awful but Shoprite is nice.
love,
Levi
I love this blog! Great cooking tips and ideas, great videos and, now, an easy way to help out. Thank you!
As you can see, I am enjoying them in the photo….
Good work!
Asa
Damn, I have a hot wife! Shoprite is great and so is this program.
A big thanks to both Alma and Shoprite for caring about our communities in need. And I would be remiss if I didn't mention how much I love Shoprite's Can Can sale…I could sing that ditty all day long!! And I do.
Ding, ding, ding – one more box of cereal! Great idea!
What happens if you go over 30? 🙂
we shop at shoprite all the time and are loving the organic plums and nectarines..and the gluten free tortillas.die. very delicious. I buy lots of food there that I find in Alma"s blog…she's simply fabulous.
yeah alma!! always great work and we always shop at shoperite!
Go Alma! Go ShopRite!
How do you manage to make it all so easy? Getting your veggies, helping out… Thanks!
In my country we combine banana with everything: on pizza, in a grilled cheese sand., smoothies but with spinach was my first time. It's good, it's tasty, I love it.
Thanks for the new experience!
Best wishes.
Thanks for supporting this wonderful initiative.
Delicious idea! We are "Shoprite from home" shoppers – and now perhaps we'll get the ingredients for a great shake there! Thanks for doing this!
Thanks Alma- I've been a shoprite shopper for years and never knew how AWESOME a store it is.
thanx a lot alma you have really inspired me to take action in the community by doing what you love to do
Hey, Maia! (she just wrote from my laptop!) I am so glad you are inspired by TBK!
I love Shoprite, and will buy my spinach and bananas from there to try this recipe… GO Alma!
What a great idea! SR does many good community things– my fave (other than this): flu shots for srs. cv
This is fantastic Alma! And I am sorry, but I don't know what the HTML tags mean because I am a ludite, so I cannot add them.
Alice
Alma does it again…and Shoprite helps. Or is it the other way around. Good work all.