Price Chopper Supermarkets Sparks Local Fundraising for Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial

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SCHENECTADY, NY (01/27/2010)(readMedia)-- Schenectady-based Price Chopper Supermarkets has committed to $50,000 in matching contributions to the Washington, DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc., Pam Cerrone, the company's Manager of Promotions and Consumer Services, announced today.

"Beginning Sunday, January 31, customers will have the opportunity to purchase a $1 pin-up in our 119 stores in NY, MA, VT, NH, CT and PA, in support of construction of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial on our National Mall in Washington, D.C. Price Chopper's Golub Foundation will match every dollar raised up to $50,000," said Cerrone. "We are deeply honored to have this opportunity to spread the word to the communities in which we operate about this important project, and to play a part in honoring Dr. King's contributions to mankind and world peace, through non-violent social change."

"I am grateful for Price Chopper's support of the Memorial," said Harry E. Johnson, Sr., President of the Washington, DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc. "This donation comes at a crucial time during the "Countdown to Completion" phase of the project while we work to secure the final $13 million out of the needed $120 million. To help us complete the fundraising goal as soon as possible, please visit www.buildthedream.org or call 888 4 THE DREAM."

About the Washington, DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc.

A Memorial honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be built on the National Mall, situated adjacent to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial and in a direct line between the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials. Congress passed Joint Resolutions in 1996 authorizing Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. to establish a Memorial honoring Dr. King to be built in Washington, D.C. The ceremonial groundbreaking took place on November 13, 2006, and the Memorial will be completed in 2011. McKissack & McKissack / Turner Construction Company/ Gilford Corporation / Tompkins Builders, Inc. Joint Venture will serve as the Design-Build Team. McKissack & McKissack is the oldest minority-owned architectural firm in the United States. For more information or to make a donation, please visit www.buildthedream.org.

About Price Chopper

Based in Schenectady, NY, the Golub Corporation owns and operates more than 100 Price Chopper grocery stores in New York, Vermont, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The family-owned company prides itself on longstanding traditions of innovative food merchandising, leadership in community service, and cooperative associate relations. Golub's approximately 25,000 associates collectively own 52% of the company's privately held stock.

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