Hannaford Supermarkets to sponsor Children's Auction for fifth year

LACONIA — Hannaford Supermarkets will serve as presenting sponsor of the The Greater Lakes Region Children’s Auction for the fifth consecutive year.

“We are so grateful for over two decades of support from Hannaford, which has offered funds, items to auction, employee volunteers and five generous years as presenting sponsor,” said Jennifer Kelley, executive director of the Children’s Auction. “As the store’s motto says, ‘Hannaford is greater than groceries.’ They are all about the community and support us in so many ways.”

Larry Poliquin, store manager in Bristol, is a longtime auction volunteer who has been heading up staff teams to assist the organization for roughly 25 years, as long as he has been a Hannaford store manager. He is also a board member and a member of the Distribution Committee, which makes recommendations on how auction funds are dispersed.

“Hannaford is about giving back,” Poliquin said. “We want to support the communities where we have a presence—and the whole Lakes Region in general—so we are happy to partner with and bolster the Children’s Auction, and other great organizations like it, to continue impacting the region in our primary focus areas: hunger relief, health and wellness, and child development and families.”

For more information, visit ChildrensAuction.org.