Program Allows Customers to Donate to United Way's Fishermen's Relief Fund
People wanting to help the Louisiana fishermen affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off the Gulf Coast can do so when they buy groceries at any of the 36 neighborhood Winn-Dixie Stores (NASDAQ: WINN) in the New Orleans area.
Winn-Dixie has implemented its "Neighbors Helping Neighbors" program, a convenient way customers can donate any amount between 50 cents and $500 directly to the United Way of Greater New Orleans as they pay for their groceries. The cashier will scan a special Neighbors Helping Neighbors bar code, which automatically adds the amount designated by the customer to the total bill.
The United Way of Greater New Orleans is assisting the fishermen of St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parishes by providing food, counseling and other assistance to the fishing communities in Louisiana's Mississippi River Delta affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Winn-Dixie announced the program on Friday when the grocer and several of its vendor partners delivered three semi-trailers loaded with 42,000 pounds of food and 28,800 gallons of bottled water to the Second Harvest Food Bank for distribution to food banks serving the two Mississippi River delta parishes.
Winn-Dixie stores in the New Orleans area accepting Neighbors Helping Neighbors donations: | |||||
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 | Store # |  | Street Address |  | City |
1329 | Â | 211 Veterans Memorial Blvd. | Â | Metairie | |
1353 | 851 Brownswitch Road | Slidell | |||
1404 | 8601 Jefferson Highway | River Ridge | |||
1405 | 2112 Belle Chasse Highway | Gretna | |||
1406 | 4041 Williams Blvd. | Kenner | |||
1408 | 4600 Chef Menteur Highway | New Orleans | |||
1411 | 5901 Airline Highway | Metairie | |||
1412 | 2104 Williams Blvd. | Kenner | |||
1416 | 5969 Lapalco Blvd. | Marrero | |||
1418 | 3001 U.S. 90 | Avondale | |||
1425 | 3645 Lapalco Blvd. | Harvey | |||
1426 | 3008 Holiday Drive | New Orleans | |||
1428 | 3623 Jefferson Highway | Jefferson | |||
1430 | 5400 Tchoupitoulas St. | New Orleans | |||
1431 | 1070 Westbank Expressway | Westwego | |||
1432 | 3300 Paris Road | Chalmette | |||
1439 | 9701 Chef Menteur Highway | New Orleans | |||
1440 | 4627 WS Expressway | Marrero | |||
1443 | 70431 Highway 21 | Covington | |||
1444 | 12125 U.S. 90 | Luling | |||
1446 | 619 N. Causeway Blvd. | Mandeville | |||
1448 | 1001 U.S. 190 | Covington | |||
1449 | 804 W. Oak St. | Amite | |||
1452 | 400 Georgia Ave. | Bogalusa | |||
1463 | 1803 Louisiana Highway 3125 | Gramercy | |||
1477 | 1701 Sycamore Road | Picayune | |||
1483 | 801 U.S. 11 S. | Picayune | |||
1500 | 4100 State Road 59 | Mandeville | |||
1501 | 731 Washington St. | Franklinton | |||
1502 | 2985 Gause Blvd. | Slidell | |||
1504 | 3030 Ponchartrain Drive | Slidell | |||
1537 | 2302 W. Thomas St. | Hammond | |||
1540 | 145 Berryland Shopping Center | Ponchatoula | |||
1557 | 4560 State Road 1 | Raceland | |||
1583 | 1830 W. Airline Highway | Laplace | |||
1588 | 12519 Airline Highway | Destrehan | |||
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About Winn-Dixie
Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., is one of the nation's largest food retailers. Founded in 1925, the Company is headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla. The Company currently operates 515 retail grocery locations, including more than 400 in-store pharmacies, in Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia and Mississippi. For more information, please visit www.winn-dixie.com.
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Patrick McSweeney, 904-596-2085
904-923-4871
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