Monday, November 21, 2011 at Noon, The Fresh Market will present checks to Operation Santa and Operation Military Kids.
Each of the two checks will be in the sum of $1200 and is a contribution of the profits The Fresh Market realized from their participation in the 30th annual Taste of Peoria event that was held on August 10, 2011.
It was decided during the early planning stages for this event that the store would be donating all profits made from this event. This is the first time a Taste of Peoria participant has made such a donation.
With some of the employee’s personal ties to the military it was an easy decision to select these two organizations as recipients of this donation.
Operation Santa was started in central Illinois to provide stockings to deployed troops. Today it is the largest stocking drive in the nation with volunteers from all 50 states. www.operationsanta.info
Operation Military Kids is the U.S. Army’s collaborative effort with America’s communities to support children and youth impacted by deployment. Through OMK, military youth attend residential camps and have the opportunity to meet and bond with other youth who are also experiencing deployment situations.