Shaw's new store manager, Bill White, said he will continue the "Blue Bag-it" program which supports the Medfield Food Cupboard. The program was created last year by Medfield High School senior Jane Garofalo.
Shaw's in Medfield has a new store manager who said he will continue the "Blue Bag-It" program, a convenient and popular way for shoppers to support the local food pantry. Bill White, the new Medfield Shaw's Store Manager, said, "I've never seen anyone like [creator Jane Garofalo]...Shaw's is proud to be a part of this program." Garofalo is a Medfield High School senior and creator of the program that has come to be a crucial part of the food donations received during the summer months in Medfield. She is thrilled that Shaw's will continue to support the program. Garofalo came up with the idea last year when she realized that shoppers see the large food pantry donation boxes on their way into the store and intend to purchase a food item …
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Teen volunteer creates a program to help the Medfield Food Cupboard.
Editor's note: This is part one in a two-part series that takes a look at Jane Garafolo's program and donating items to the Medfield Food Cupboard. Part two will focus on how the program is going and a timeline on when it will become a permanent fixture at Shaw's. During this past summer, Jane Garafolo, a 17-year-old Medfield High School junior, had been setting up a table just outside of Shaw’s entrance every other week, handing out blue bags and lists of grocery items needed at the Medfield Food Cupboard. Her hard work and her ground-breaking idea to help the Food Cupboard has been extraordinary and her "Blue Bag" program will soon grow and become a permanent fixture at Shaw’s. Garafolo is an innovative teenager who came up with the “…
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Will E
11:40 am on Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Sounds like great work by Jane and the food cupboard, and thanks to Shaw's for assisting. As part of the Spirit of Giving drive Shaw's has bags of food items already prepared for purchase (from $5 to $15) to make it real easy to donate while you're shopping. more ›