HILLSIDE, NJ – QuickChek team members have helped thousands of families in need this holiday season. Last week, 45 volunteers from the company’s headquarters in Whitehouse Station, N.J., and various other stores sorted 450 boxes of food equaling 10,125 pounds at the Community FoodBank of New Jersey in Hillside. 

It was the third time this year that QuickChek team members volunteered at the Community Food Bank, which distributes 43 million pounds of food each year to more than 1,000 nonprofit programs to feed 900,000 hungry people in 18 New Jersey counties.

QuickChek is also a campaign partner of Check-Out Hunger, an annual fundraiser by the Community FoodBank of New Jersey that takes place every autumn at most major supermarkets and convenience stores throughout New Jersey. Shoppers at each of QuickChek’s 143 stores can help feed hungry families in their communities by donating $1, $3 or $5 coupons at check-out counters during the campaign, which runs through Saturday, December 19, providing food, help and hope to those in need.

QuickChek raised $125,000 during the 2014 Check-Out Hunger campaign and launched this year’s 25th annual drive with a Check-Out Hunger balloon at the 33rd annual QuickChek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning in July.

“Being in the food business, partnering with community food banks where we have stores, was a natural fit when we were looking for new ways to get further involved with our local communities,” said QuickChek CEO Dean Durling.

QuickChek has 143 locations throughout New Jersey, New York’s Hudson Valley and Long Island. The company has raised millions of dollars for a variety of causes that benefit children, families and military veterans.