Kroger Partners With Carolina Railhawks Hosts Free Soccer Clinic For Triangle Youth
Local Grocer Hosts Free Clinic With Carolina Railhawks To Develop And Train Young Athletic Talent.
- Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC (1888PressRelease) July 17, 2012 - The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), (http://www.kroger.com/), the nation's largest traditional grocery retailer with 16 stores throughout the Triangle, has announced that the company recently partnered with the Carolina Railhawks to host a free soccer clinic for local youth. Held at the WakeMed Soccer Park on June 15, the free clinic welcomed more than 120 boys and girls between the ages of 7 and 14. Participants gathered from a number of local soccer facilities across the Triangle, including the Boys & Girls Club, Durham Soccer League, Raleigh Soccer Club, CASL del Sol, Premier Soccer League and the City of Raleigh Parks and Recreation athletic programs. All participants received a free camp T-shirt, along with hands-on training and instruction from Carolina Railhawks players.
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"It is equally important that Kroger maintains a commitment to the local communities that we serve as well as provide customers with quality service in each of our stores," said Carl York, advertising & public relations manager for Kroger's mid-Atlantic marketing region. "Hosting this free soccer clinic alongside the Carolina Railhawks, and providing development opportunities for local athletic talent in an effort to enhance their skill set, was truly an honor and a worthy cause for us to support."
ABOUT KROGER:
Kroger, the nation's largest traditional grocery retailer, has 16 stores throughout the Triangle, including Apex (1), Cary (1), Garner (1), Fuquay-Varina (1), Raleigh (6) and Durham (6). Headquartered in Cincinnati, the company employs more than 338,000 associates who serve customers in 2,439 supermarkets and multi-department stores in 31 states under two dozen local banner names including Kroger, City Market, Dillons, Jay C, Food 4 Less, Fred Meyer, Fry's, King Soopers, QFC, Ralphs and Smith's. The company also operates 788 convenience stores, 361 fine jewelry stores, 1,046 supermarket fuel centers and 40 food processing plants in the United States. Kroger focuses its charitable efforts on supporting hunger relief, health and wellness initiatives, and local organizations in the communities it serves. For more information, please visit http://www.kroger.com.
Erin Smith
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