Annual King Kullen Event Raises Over $100,000 For Little Flower Children And Family Services

Dec. 12, 2008 - PRLog -- James A. Cullen Memorial Golf Outing Celebrates its 26th Year
  King Kullen Grocery Company recently presented a check for $100,000 to Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York, an organization that finds adoptive and foster homes for children on Long Island and in New York City.  The money was raised through King Kullen’s annual James A. Cullen Memorial Golf Outing.
  In presenting Little Flower Children and Family Services with a check from the September fundraiser, King Kullen Vice President Thomas K. Cullen stated, "My father and mother would be proud of the 26-year history of this successful event.  The annual golf outing was inaugurated to carry on their support of Little Flower’s mission of uniting children with families.  As a family-operated business, we at King Kullen understand the importance of family ties, and are committed to helping Little Flower Children and Family Services serve underprivileged families in our area."
  Since the first golf outing was held in 1983, King Kullen has raised millions of dollars for Little Flower.  In addition, the Cullen family has played an integral role in the construction of the eight cottages that provide a residential setting for more than 100 children and teenagers at Little Flower’s Wading River, New York, campus.
  "Through its concern and generosity, the King Kullen organization has done so much to address the plight of children and families in need," said Keith Fell, president of Little Flower Children and Family Services.  "We are very grateful for King Kullen’s continued sponsorship of the annual golf outing, as well as the many other ways they support Little Flower.”
    
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Twenty-six Years of Caring:  King Kullen Grocery Co., Inc., recently presented a check for $100,000 to Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York, an organization that finds adoptive and foster homes for children on Long Island and in New York City.  Since 1983, King Kullen has raised millions of dollars for Little Flower through the James A. Cullen Memorial Golf Outing.  Standing before a portrait of James A. Cullen at King Kullen’s Bethpage headquarters are (left to right) Little Flower President Keith Fell, King Kullen Vice President Thomas K. Cullen, King Kullen Co-President Brian C. Cullen, and Little Flower Executive Vice President Herbert W. Stupp.

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Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York, a non-sectarian, nonprofit organization, provides residential and foster boarding home care, as well as adoption services. Little Flower has its main campus in Wading River, NY, executive offices in Brooklyn Heights, and additional locations in Flatbush, Brooklyn, and Jamaica, Queens. Little Flower also operates the only residential special-act public school district in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, which offers academic services for children with special educational needs.
Headquartered in Bethpage, New York, King Kullen Grocery Company, Inc. is recognized by the Smithsonian Institution as America's first supermarket. Founded in 1930 by Michael J. Cullen, King Kullen today employs more than 5,100 people and operates 49 stores throughout Long Island and Staten Island.