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Stop & Shop Kicks Off Annual ‘Help Cure Childhood Cancer’ Campaign
Stop and ShopMarch 1, 2021 GMT
QUINCY, Mass., March 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Stop & Shop today announced the start of its annual ‘Help Cure Childhood Cancer’ campaign to support Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund in Massachusetts and MSK Kids, the Pediatrics Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Since the campaign’s inception decades ago, Stop & Shop and its customers have contributed more than $100 million to these two hospitals, allowing them to make significant advancements in pediatric cancer research and care.
3-year old cancer survivor from Staten Island is face of fundraising campaign
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
Posted Feb 25, 2021
Staten Island cancer survivor Rocco DiMaggio is a patient ambassador for Stop & Shop s fundraiser for Memorial Sloan Kettering. (Courtesy of Stop & Shop)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Three-year old Staten Island cancer survivor Rocco DiMaggio was chosen as the face of a Stop & Shop fundraising campaign. The effort supports pediatric cancer research at Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK.)
The in-store campaign highlights local kids ages 3 to 15 who have been treated at MSK and have benefited from collaborations like the one with Stop & Shop.
Stop & Shop’s Help Cure Childhood Cancer campaign will run in-stores and online at www.StopandShop.com from February 26 through March 31. All of the proceeds will benefit MSK Kids at MSK. In-store shoppers can donate at checkout, while those shopping online for pickup or delivery have the option of giving $1, $3, $5