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FreshDirect Helps New Yorkers Give Back This Mother's Day
LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y., May 9 PRNewswire — FreshDirect, one of the nation's leading online gourmet food purveyors and delivery services, is proud to join the generous efforts of Citymeals-on-Wheels in providing a healthy and happy Mother's Day to the homebound elderly of New York City. Effective immediately, FreshDirect will aid Citymeals-on-Wheels over the Mother's Day holiday by accepting $6 donations from its online customers.
Customers of FreshDirect can log on and place their usual order, with an option to donate $6 to the Citymeals-on-Wheels cause. As a leading provider of fresh foods and groceries to the residents of New York City and the surrounding areas, FreshDirect is committed to ensuring that fresh, nutritious food is equally available to everyone. The donation through FreshDirect's website is available through May 25th, 2008, and customers can place up to four $6 donations per order. One hundred percent of every donation is guaranteed to go directly towards the preparation and delivery of meals to some of the neediest members of the community.
"We have a local responsibility to the members of our community and we are honored to be involved with the admirable work of Citymeals-on-Wheels," said Steve Michaelson, President of FreshDirect. "For the second year in a row, our collaboration with Citymeals-on-Wheels will ensure that quality food is accessible to those in need this Mother's Day."
A donation of $36 will provide six comforting weekend meals for New York's elderly, fulfilling recipients' basic needs and reminding them that their community cares. For more information regarding FreshDirect and their commitment to Citymeals-on-Wheels, log on to www.freshdirect.com.
About FreshDirect
Founded in 1999, FreshDirect is one of the nation's leading online meals and fresh food manufacturing and delivery services. FreshDirect is setting a new standard for fresh food production and distribution by offering unparalleled quality, product customization, and value pricing from its state-of-the-art kitchen and facility in Long Island City. The company is expanding rapidly and currently serves most of Manhattan and locations in Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island and the Bronx, as well as parts of New Jersey, Westchester, and Nassau County. The company's vision is to change consumers' lives by providing the ultimate shopping experience for impossibly fresh food and meal solutions. The company currently has over 250,000 customers and has fulfilled over six million orders since opening for business in September 2002. Additional information can be found at www.freshdirect.com.
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