Villages To Receive Donation From Local Grocer
Gift Will Help Provide Food Over the Winter Months

   SAN DIEGO — Father Joe’s Villages President Fr. Joe Carroll will accept a $5,000 check from Whole Foods Market supporting his organization’s hunger-outreach efforts on Friday, November, 30, at 10:30 a.m. at the store’s 711 University Avenue location.

   The gift was made possible by a Food Industry Crusade Against Hunger program, FOOD FOR ALL“, with which Whole Foods Market partnered to support charities that provide meal programs for the homeless. The program raised over $70,000 nationally.

   "Whole Foods Market is proud to partner with FOOD FOR ALL," says Michael Besancon, president of Whole Foods Market’s Southern-pacific region. "Our customers have donated generously to helping our hungry neighbors."

   Fr. Joe says the donation is important to support meal programs at the Villages over the cold and busy winter months.

   "We’re entering the time of year when the demand for our services is very high," he says. "The support of FOOD FOR ALL and Whole Foods Market will go a long way towards helping the most vulnerable and often forgotten members of our community: the homeless."

   Whole Foods Market offers a large selection of high quality, great-tasting, natural and organic fresh food and products to support wellness and a healthy lifestyle.

   The check will support Fr. Joe’s Indio, Calif. outreach facility, Martha’s Village & Kitchen, which like St. Vincent de Paul Village, offers myriad programs and services to help homeless families with children and single adults.

   For more information on Friday’s check presentation, call (619) 525-1608.

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