{"id":1502,"date":"2019-04-02T15:48:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T20:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufcw663.org\/blog\/?p=1502"},"modified":"2019-04-02T15:48:26","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T20:48:26","slug":"labor-against-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw663.org\/blog\/2019\/04\/02\/labor-against-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"UFCW Local 663, Union Grocers Raise Funds to End Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Labor Against Cancer Retail Campaign<br \/>\nApril 4 thru April 24, 2019<\/h4>\n<p>UFCW Local 663 and union grocery stores across Minnesota will partner with Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society once again for the second annual Labor Against Cancer retail campaign to end blood cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Customers shopping at participating union grocery stores can donate at the register as their cashiers will ask them to contribute. Donations go directly to Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society to assist patients and important groundbreaking research to cure blood cancers.<\/p>\n<p>The mission of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lls.org\/\">The Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society<\/a> (LLS) is: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin&#8217;s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.<\/p>\n<h4>Partnering is in our Blood<\/h4>\n<p>In 2017, UFCW Local 663 and Quisberg\u2019s Cub Foods in Brainerd Lakes launched the first ever <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laboragainstcancer.org\/\">Labor Against Cancer<\/a> retail campaign and raised over $5700 in rural Minnesota! In addition, UFCW Local 663 and UFCW Local 1189 partnered together with union grocers last year to raise over $50,000. Local 663 continues to consistently support Labor Against Cancer initiatives and recently held an annual bowling tournament that raised over $2800.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cOur union family is proud to be partnering with neighborhood union grocery stores to find a cure that impacts millions of people. We all know someone who\u2019s been impacted by blood cancer. Every dollar raised is one dollar closer to ending cancer,\u201c<\/strong> said Matt Utecht, President of UFCW Local 663.<\/p>\n<h4>Donate Today<\/h4>\n<p>To make an online donation, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laboragainstcancer.org\/\">click here<\/a> and make sure to enter Local 663! Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign runs Thursday, April 4 through Wednesday, April 24, 2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw663.org\/application\/files\/7615\/4782\/8405\/UFCW_Local_663_Where_We_Work.pdf\">Click here<\/a> to download a list where you can look up the following retail campaign participants:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cub Foods Corporate<\/li>\n<li>Jerry\u2019s Cub Foods<\/li>\n<li>Radermacher\u2019s Cub<\/li>\n<li>Almsted\u2019s<\/li>\n<li>Cooper\u2019s Market<\/li>\n<li>Quisberg\u2019s Cub Foods in Brainerd and Baxter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Labor Against Cancer Retail Campaign April 4 thru April 24, 2019 UFCW Local 663 and union grocery stores across Minnesota will partner with Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society once again for the second annual Labor Against Cancer retail campaign to end blood cancer. 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