LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kroger shoppers across Kentucky, supported domestic violence shelters with just one trip the store. 

Kentucky's First Lady Britainy Beshear, the Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Kroger partnered for the 12th annual Shop and Share event to benefit domestic violence shelters across the state on Saturday.

Volunteers were on site to provide a list of essential items and collected nonperishable foods, baby products and hygiene products.

Shoppers accepted the invite to shop for what they needed and then picked up a little more to relieve families going through a tough chapter of one worry.

“Coming to a shelter is definitely a huge undertaking for a parent or a person who is leaving their intimate violent partner situation, so having those items for them where they don’t have to worry about finances and money for those items, they’re very important that we can just give them those things so that they can feel comfortable in the surroundings that they are in,” said Center for Women and Families vice president of programs Jadoria Parks.

First Lady Beshear stopped by one of the Kroger locations and was moved by the donations made by women who were once in a shelter themselves.

“They want to talk about their story and their success and they also want to give back to those who are going through something similar,” Beshear said. “I  think that’s incredibly special and I think that is very telling of the type of people we are here in Kentucky. We lift our hands and help each other out. 

Shop and Share was started by Jane Beshear, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear's mother when she was the first lady.