Trader Joe's signs on as official sponsor for Blessings in a Backpack
Participating in this sponsorship deal:
About Sponsor:
Trader Joe's is a privately held chain of specialty grocery stores headquartered in Monrovia, California. As of June 2011, Trader Joe's had a total of 361 stores. Approximately half of its stores are in California, with the heaviest concentration in Southern California, but the company also has locations in 28 other states and Washington, D.C. Trader Joe's was founded by Joe Coulombe and is owned, since 1979, by a family trust set up by the late German businessman Theo Albrecht, one of the two brothers behind the German discount supermarket chain Aldi.
About Property:
Blessings in a Backpack is a non-profit organization that feeds school children in the United States who currently are fed during the week on the federally funded Free and Reduced Meal Program and are at risk of going hungry on the weekends.