Bloom Holds Charity Car Wash Saturday, Sept. 26

Associates Will Wash Cars for a $5 Donation to Children's Miracle Network

• Press Release
• Source: Bloom
• On 3:27 pm EDT, Friday September 25, 2009

SALISBURY, N.C., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday, Sept. 26, all 65 Bloom stores will participate in a banner-wide car wash to raise money for Children's Miracle Network. The public can visit their Bloom store and receive a car wash with a donation to Children's Miracle Network. In addition, the store will host a number of other festivities at the location for families.

"This is the first time that we will hold a banner-wide event," said Don Wylie, manager of Human Resources and Culture for Bloom. "We believe this will provide our guests with the opportunity to get a clean car while contributing to charity. We hope that guests will take advantage of this day-long event."

Guests can take advantage of the car wash fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at their local Bloom store. A $5 donation is asked for all cars and a $10 donation is asked for all trucks and SUVs. A detailed list of stores is available at www.shopbloom.com.

About Bloom

Bloom is a banner of Food Lion LLC, a subsidiary of Brussels-based Delhaize Group (NYSE: DEG - News). It operates 65 stores in North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Virginia.