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Southern Season is donating about 1,500 pounds of fresh and frozen food to the Little Sisters of the Poor Virginia, the company announced Friday.

Southern Season said the donation is worth about $5,000 and will be used to help defray the cost of the RVA French Food Festival, the Little Sisters of the Poor Virginia’s annual fundraiser.

This year’s festival is April 29-30.

Little Sisters of the Poor Virginia, which is devoted to caring for the elderly poor, operates St. Joseph’s Home for the Aged in Henrico County.

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based Southern Season will close its Richmond-area store on April 25. The gourmet grocery store in the Libbie Mill-Midtown complex in Henrico opened nearly two years ago.

For more information about the RVA French Food Festival, visit www.rvafrenchfoodfestival.com.