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The two supermarket chains announced today that they will be presenting a$125,000 holiday gift to children's hospitals in communities served by theirstores in Southern California. The grants to the children's hospitals arebeing made through the chains' philanthropic organizations, the Ralphs Fundand the Food 4 Less Fund.
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The following Southern California children's hospitals will each receive a$25,000 grant from the Ralphs and Food 4 Less Funds:
"Ralphs and Food 4 Less believe strongly in giving back to the community,"said Mike Donnelly, President of Ralphs Supermarkets. "We're pleased to extendour commitment to support children's hospitals. We cannot think of a betterway to invest in our communities this holiday season than by giving familiesand children hope through our support of the innovative work these hospitalsare doing to provide world-class medical care for children."
Since 2005, Ralphs and Food 4 Less have given more than $800,000 tochildren's hospitals in Southern California.
"Our ability to support the great work being done by our local children'shospitals is a direct result of the dedication of our team members and thegenerosity of our customers," said Dave Hirz, President of Food 4 Less. "Withthe sluggish economy, Food 4 Less and Ralphs are proud to be able to continueto help children and families have a healthy future."
Last year, Ralphs and Food 4 Less provided more than $12 million in cashand in-kind donations to organizations focused on women's and children'shealth, K-12 education, the fight against hunger, celebrating multiculturalismand disaster relief.
Based in Los Angeles, CA, Ralphs and Food 4 Less currently operate morethan 400 conventional and warehouse-style supermarkets in California, SouthernNevada, Illinois and Indiana. Ralphs and Food 4 Less are divisions of TheKroger Co., (NYSE: KR), one of the nation's largest food retailers, based inCincinnati, Ohio. For more information, please visit our web sites athttp://www.ralphs.com and http://www.food4less.com.-- Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) -- Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) -- Loma Linda University Children's Hospital -- Miller Children's Hospital at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center -- Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego
SOURCE Ralphs; Food 4 Less
