Former Raven Torrey Smith, local notables bag groceries at Bel Air ShopRite to raise funds to fight hunger

Oct. 13—Former Baltimore Ravens baller Torrey Smith bagged groceries Wednesday afternoon at the Bel Air Festival ShopRite for its annual Partners in Caring "Help Bag Hunger" event.

The two-time Super Bowl champion was there to bring awareness to hunger as part of the NFL Legends initiative. Smith was joined by several local leaders as celebrity baggers who bagged customers' groceries for one hour.

"We're thrilled to have Baltimore Ravens legend Torrey Smith and elected officials here supporting a great cause," Sarah Klein, director of front-end operations for Klein's ShopRite, said in a statement. "Serving our community is core to everything we do at Klein's ShopRite. We look forward to continuing to host Partners in Caring and other events that benefit the incredible nonprofits in our region."

ShopRite's Partners in Caring is a community-based hunger fighting initiative that supports more than 2,200 charities. Two percent of all sales Wednesday at the grocer's six Harford County stores will benefit the Harford County Empty Stocking Fund, which provides toys and other gifts to the county's disadvantaged children during the holidays.

Also, each Klein's ShopRite supermarket in Harford County is donating $10,000 to the Maryland Food Bank, which designates the funds be used in the community served by each store.

Since the program began in 1999, ShopRite's Partners in Caring has donated more than $48 million to soup kitchens, food pantries, homeless shelters, senior citizen centers and other organizations on the front lines of fighting hunger.