Klein’s ShopRite Stores to Feature Harford Elected Officials Bagging Groceries

From Klein’s ShopRite:

Elected officials and local celebrities are teaming up at 3 Klein’s ShopRite Stores on Wednesday, September 22, to help bag hunger in recognition of “ShopRite Partners In Caring Day,” a celebration of the 11th anniversary of ShopRite Partners In Caring, and to help “jump start” the 2010 Aegis Empty Stocking Fund drive.

ShopRite Partners In Caring is a year-round community based hunger fighting charity that helps raise awareness and funds for local food banks. Since its inception in 1999, the program has donated more than $20 million to local food banks throughout the ShopRite marketing area.

The Klein family’s chain of seven grocery stores joined the ShopRite system in 2009, and so the communities their stores serve in Harford County and Baltimore County can now be helped by this wonderful program. Each ShopRite store is donating $10,000 to the Maryland Food Bank, to be dedicated to the Harford Community Action Agency, which runs Harford County’s food bank program.

In addition, 2% of all sales made on Wednesday, September 22, at each Harford County store, are being donated to the Aegis Empty Stocking Fund, a non-profit organization that helps Harford Countians during the holiday season with food, clothing, housing, utilities, medicine, toys and more. 2% of all sales made that same day at Klein’s ShopRite of Jacksonville, in Baltimore County, are being donated to the Jacksonville Volunteer Fire Department.

On September 22, three Klein’s ShopRite stores are featuring special celebrity baggers, stationed at check-out lines, bagging groceries purchased!

These baggers include Harford County Executive David Craig; Maryland State Senators Barry Glassman and Nancy Jacobs, City of Aberdeen Mayor Michael Bennett, Town of Bel Air Administrator Christopher Schlehr, Harford County Sheriff L. Jesse Bane, County Council President Billy Boniface, members of the Harford County Council, the Town of Bel Air Board of Commissioners, the City of Aberdeen City Council, Delegates to the Maryland General Assembly, and more!

The schedule is:

Klein’s ShopRite of Forest Hill: 9 – 10 am
2101 Rockspring Road
Forest Hill, MD 21050

Guest Baggers CONFIRMED as of September 14, 2010; more are being contacted:

Town of Bel Air Commissioner Robert Preston
Town of Bel Air Commissioner Terry Hanley
Town of Bel Air Commissioner Ed Hopkins
Town of Bel Air Manager Chris Schlehr
Maryland State Delegate Wayne Norman
Maryland State Senator Barry Glassman
Harford County Councilman Chad Shrodes
Harford County Councilman Jim McMahan
Harford County Executive David Craig
Harford Community Action Agency Executive Director Judith Mason

Klein’s ShopRite at the Festival at Bel Air: 1 – 2 pm
5 Bel Air S. Pkwy
Bel Air, MD 21015

Guest Baggers CONFIRMED as of September 14, 2010; more are being contacted:

Maryland State Delegate Susan McComas
Maryland State Delegate J.B. Jennings
Harford County Councilman Joe Woods
Harford County Council President Billy Boniface
Harford County Sheriff L. Jesse Bane
Harford Community Action Agency Executive Director Judith Mason
Aegis Empty Stocking Fund Board Member Garry A. Wolfe

Klein’s ShopRite of Aberdeen: 4 – 5 pm
949 Beards Hill Rd
Aberdeen, MD 21001

Guest Baggers CONFIRMED as of September 14, 2010; more are being contacted:

City of Aberdeen Mayor Michael E. Bennett
City of Aberdeen Councilwoman Ruth Elliott
City of Aberdeen Councilwoman Sandra Landbeck and John Landbeck
City of Aberdeen City Clerk Monica Correll
Harford County Councilman Dion Guthrie
Harford County Councilman Richard Slutzky
Maryland State Delegate Mary-Dulaney James
Maryland State Senator Nancy Jacobs
Harford Com. Action Agency Food Bank Director Cliff Giles
Aegis Empty Stocking Fund Board Member Garry A. Wolfe

Throughout the day, cashiers at all registers will be also accepting monetary donations at all check-out lines at all 7 Klein’s ShopRite stores to help fill the shelves of local community food banks.

The Klein family owns and operates seven grocery stores in Harford and Baltimore Counties. In March 2009, the family-run business, founded in 1925 by Maurice Klein and now featuring his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, joined the Wakefern Cooperative of over 200 ShopRite grocery stores, and since then has traded as Klein’s ShopRites of Maryland. For more information, visit www.ShopRite.com.