C&S Wholesale Grocers Makes a Difference: A Decade Of Taking Action

Keene, NH  – For the tenth year, employees at C&S Wholesale Grocers facilities joined millions of volunteers around the country to participate in Make A Difference Day, a nationwide day of service sponsored by USA Weekend with HandsOnNetwork, a division of the Points of Light Institute.

Working closely with local nonprofit organizations, C&S organized 21 community service projects, ranging from painting and landscaping to packing backpacks for kids at Food Banks. At the Company’s headquarter offices, 32 employees and family members volunteered during the morning to build shelves, clean the food storage area, and rake gardens at the Phoenix House in Dublin, NH, an agency of the New Hampshire Food Bank agency. “This was a special anniversary year for C&S and our employees,” said Gina Goff, Senior Director of Community Involvement. “Most of our volunteer projects helped groups that focus on hunger, an issue that is especially important to us.”

C&S covers the costs of all materials needed for the Make A Difference Day projects, which included:

State C&S Location Organization Project
MD Aberdeen Welcome One Emergency Shelter Painting & landscaping
PA Bethlehem 2nd Harvest Food Bank of Lehigh Valley Packing food boxes
AL Birmingham Central Alabama Food Bank Assembling for the BackPack Program
PA Dubois Dubois Senior & Community Center Outside winter prep/lawn care
NY Gtr Buffalo Ronald McDonald House Cooking dinner for families
CA Fresno Community Food Bank of Fresno Painting
MA Hatfield Food Bank of Western MA Sorting food
Ronald McDonald House Assisting w/food drive
HI Hawaii Hawaii Food Bank Packing food
IN Indianapolis Gleaners Food Bank Restocking and organizing the food pantry
NH Keene Phoenix House Transforming food storage area, garden
SC Mauldin Harvest Hope Food Bank Painting, cleaning, decorating food drive barrels
NY Newburg Food Bank of the Hudson Valley Landscaping, cleaning, food distribution
MD NorthEast Settlement House Painting & organizing food storage area
CA Stockton Stockton Emergency Food Bank Painting warehouse, packing food
CT Suffield Enfield Food Shelf Painting, reorganizing, cleaning
MA Westfield Baystate Hospital Rays of Hope Walk
CT Windsor Locks Foodshare Sorting and packing food

Employees in the C&S family of companies also participated:
NH ES3 Keene Phoenix House Transforming food storage, garden
PA ES3 York Central PA Food Bank Organizing 2 truckloads of donated food
MA Symbotic Lowell Food Bank Stocking/sorting, filling donation bags

Projects deferred to early in 2013 will include:
VT Brattleboro VT Food Bank Various
MD Upper Marlboro Capital Area Food Bank Assembling Weekender bags
CA Sacramento Food Link Assembling winter BackPacks for kids

About C&S Wholesale Grocers

C&S Wholesale Grocers of Keene, NH, is the largest food wholesaler and according to Forbes magazine, the 9th largest privately held company in the United States. The company distributes food to supermarkets, retail stores and military bases across the country. Currently, C&S serves about 3,900 stores from more than 50 locations in 12 states. Among our customers are many of America's best known companies, including Stop & Shop, Giant of Carlisle, Giant of Landover, Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. (A&P), Ralphs, Safeway and Target.
C&S community involvement programs support initiatives to fight hunger and to promote the health and enrichment of communities that are homes to the company's employees and facilities. To learn more: http://community.cswg.com.

Source: C&S Wholesale Grocers