Marsh Contributes $60,000 to Project 9/11 Indianapolis
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INDIANAPOLIS – Marsh Supermarkets, Inc. has committed $60,000 in support of Project 9/11 Indianapolis.
The permanent memorial, built at 421 West Ohio Street in Indianapolis, commemorates the events of September 11, 2001 and features two steel beams from the World Trade Center.
The memorial will be dedicated in a ceremony held at its Indianapolis location on Sunday, September 11, 2011.
“Marsh is honored to lend its support to this important civic project, which is both a monument to those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001, and to those brave men and women who were part of the search and rescue efforts in the crucial days following those events,” said Joe Kelley, chairman, CEO and president of Marsh Supermarkets Inc. “In addition to our financial contribution, Marsh associates donated their time to raise money for the project by volunteering at an Indiana State Fair booth where they sold custom designed Project 9/11 postcards and commemorative T shirts generously supplied by the Indianapolis Fire Department. That effort raised over $23,500, all of which went to benefit this important memorial.”
“CICF is proud to have played a role in Project 9/11 through the creation of a charitable fund to support the memorial. We are especially grateful to Marsh Supermarkets Inc. for their generosity and commitment to the community,” said Brian Payne, president and CEO of Central Indiana Community Foundation and The Indianapolis Foundation.
Headquartered in Indianapolis, Marsh operates 70 Marsh stores, including three O’Malia’s Supermarkets and 27 MainStreet Markets in Indiana and Ohio, with 40 Indiana pharmacy locations. Marsh has the distinction of being the first grocery store in the world to use electronic scanners to ring up purchases.
