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Pedrotti ACE Hardware Raises $33,000 for Hurricane Sandy Relief
The Benicia store exceeded its fundraising goal for the American Red Cross.
A Benicia hardware store has raised more than $30,000 for Hurricane Sandy relief through customer donations to the American Red Cross.
In all, Pedrotti Ace Hardware raised $33,214, store owner Gene Pedrotti said in an email.
“Observing the events following a natural disaster is not only humbling, it begs for help in a variety of ways,” Pedrotti said in a previous interview. “Financial support is the number one requested type of support by the American Red Cross.”
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Last year for the Red Cross relief effort in Japan after the devastating earthquake and a tsunami hit in March 2011.
The store created a thank you video, which is attached to this article.
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