ShopRite of Union partnered with the Captain Planet Foundation and Dole Foods to donate a Project Learning Garden to the Battle Hill Elementary School in Union. The Project Learning Garden program allows children to learn different disciplines covering nutrition, science, social studies, math and language arts. Students benefit by expanding their palates, taste-testing healthy foods and learning about food origins. Students also get to engage in science field investigations in the garden and manipulate the environment to understand math in real-life applications. They can even recreate historical activities and write about their experiences through the learning garden program.
ShopRite of Union is proud to participate in the Village Food Rescue Program. This program salvages food from our store that is safe for consumption but is ineligible for retail sale. Last year, we were able to donate over 1,100,000 pounds of food to local food pantries to help address their critical needs for fresh and healthy foods.