His help to needy brings store manager fame SCOTT PILLING staff He's a star. Joseph Myers, human resources manager for the Foodarama ShopRite on Route 70, holds up a special limited-edition box of Cheerios that features his picture on the back. Myers was one of four out of 50,000 associates nationwide picked as a "Hunger Fighting Superhero" for his good works. Joe Myers is one of four out of 50,000 recognized nationwide for good works BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer His boyhood memories of homeless people sprawled on New York City streets have never left Joseph Myers. "When I was a little kid, my mom used to take us to Radio City," he said. "And we saw all those homeless people on the streets. Nobody did anything. They just walked past them." Myers has made it his mission to do whatever he can not to walk by anyone in need. He was recently selected as one of the four "Hunger Fighting Superheroes" out of a field of 50,000 nationwide profiled on 80,000 special limited-edition Cheerios boxes. The contest was held in support of National Hunger Awareness Day, sponsored by ShopRite and General Mills. Myers, Howell Township, has worked for ShopRite for almost 30 years. He started as a cashier at the ShopRite in Somerville when he was 17. Today he is the human resources manager at the Foodarama ShopRite on Route 70. While he is honored by the recognition, Myers says the staff at the Brick ShopRite deserves most of the credit. "I got everybody involved by promoting incentives for the cashiers who actually sold the most vouchers at the registers," he said. "My associates here at the store sold 4,750 in June." Every year ShopRite, as part of its Partners in Caring program, has a National Hunger Awareness Day in June. The competition challenges ShopRite associates to design attention-grabbing store displays to heighten awareness of the hunger problem. But Myers doesn't stop his good works at work. He volunteers his time for a number of different organizations. He collects food for the Ocean-Monmouth Food Bank. He is also helps raise money for Vietnam Veterans Of America, Chapter 200 of Ocean County. "I lost a couple of cousins in Vietnam," he said. "I remember what their families went through." Store manager Sal Guazzo listed a number of Myers other good works in his recommendation letter for the "Hunger Fighting Super Hero" contest. Myers also volunteers to cook at a local soup kitchen on Friday nights. He was Foodarama's top fundraiser for the American Heart Association for six years in a row. He has also raised funds in the store for cystic fibrosis and Hurricane Katrina victims, Guazzo said in his letter. "It seems that whatever store Joe is in, they are in the top fundraisers," he wrote. "Joe has always gotten involved in volunteer work for those in need. We will certainly miss him next year when he retires after 30 years with Foodarama Shop-Rite." Myers downplays his volunteer work. "I do whatever I can," he said. "I wish everybody would just do a little bit. If everybody did a little bit, we would help a lot of people." The picture on the Cheerios box was taken in Clinton, last summer, during an hours-long photo session, he said.