Rite Aid Foundation Awards $4 Million Through KidCents Regional Grant Program
Business Wire 6-Feb-2019 9:00 AM
180 Grants Will Help Nonprofit Organizations Advance Programs to
Improve the Health and Wellbeing of Children in Their Communities
As part of its ongoing efforts to address critical children's health and
wellbeing issues in the communities it serves, The Rite Aid Foundation,
announced today 180 grants, totaling more than $4 million through the
inaugural cycle of the KidCents Regional Grant Program.
This new program, which provides grants of $15,000-$30,000,
significantly expands the reach of KidCents by funding specific
out-of-school-time programs focused on children's nutrition, physical
fitness and academic success. The KidCents program also annually
supports a select group of more than 400 nonprofit, kid-focused
organizations committed to improving the health and wellbeing of
children living in the communities Rite Aid serves and national
organizations focused on critical children's issues, including The Fred
Rogers Company, Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and Folds of Honor.
"We created the KidCents program to ensure that kids have a chance for
better lives and brighter futures," said Tracy Henderson, director of
The Rite Aid Foundation and charitable giving initiatives. "With the
introduction of the KidCents Regional Grant program, we are expanding
our efforts even more while filling a need for valuable
out-of-school-time programming. In addition, we are enabling our partner
nonprofit organizations to implement innovative, ground-breaking
programs that advance children's health and wellbeing and promote
academic growth."
KidCents Regional Grants support nonprofit organizations with programs
that serve children, from newborn to 18 years of age, and improve the
quality of life in Rite Aid communities. The grants support three
of KidCents' primary focus areas for improving the health and wellbeing
of children: healthy eating, active living and education. To be
considered, programs and projects were required to take place during
out-of-school-time. Priority was given to programs that support
communities in need.
"We are immensely grateful for the tremendous support of The Rite Aid
Foundation in helping us expand our Rising New York Road Runners
program, which helps children gain the skills, confidence and desire to
be physically active for life," said Rachel Pratt, senior vice president
of youth and community services at New York Road Runners. "This grant
will enable thousands of additional children to participate in our free
after-school fitness programs and running events, putting them on a path
to be healthy and active for the rest of their lives."
Charities receiving grants range from local affiliates of national
organizations like Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Girls on the Run to
smaller community-based organizations like Stone Garage Inc. in Kennett
Square, Pa., and the Eastern Market in Detroit, Mich. In addition,
several of the 400 nonprofit organizations currently participating in
the KidCents in-store round-up program were also awarded Regional Grants.
Funded programs include arts education and conflict resolution programs,
educational programs for LGBTQ youth, mentoring programs for at-risk
youth, academic support for teenagers battling cancer, language programs
for refugee children and food assistance and nutrition education for
children in need. Examples of specific organizations and projects funded
include:
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Boys & Girls Club of Alameda, Alameda, Calif.Live
HealthyThis program provides 500 Alameda youth and teens
with a comprehensive culinary, nutrition and health education program
integrated with physical fitness and recreational programming.
Participating youth learn important lessons about personal health and
fitness and the importance of good food choices.
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Page Ahead Children's Literacy Program, Seattle, Wash.Book
Up SummerThis program keeps kids reading during the summer
months so that they are ready to learn when they return to school in
the fall. Low-income students in kindergarten through second grade
will be given 12 free, self-selected books to read over the summer
months. Giving books to students from low-income families is one of
the only reading interventions that has been proven to improve student
reading levels.
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Cleveland Play House, Cleveland, Ohio21st
Century Community Learning Centers Program at Almira Academy and
Walton ElementaryThis program provides children in
high-poverty neighborhoods with access to theatre education programs,
arts enrichment and academic support throughout the year. The
Cleveland Playhouse will employ evidence-based arts education
strategies and practices to improve reading, math, social and
emotional learning.
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New York Road Runners, Inc., New York, N.Y.Rising New
York Road RunnersThis program uses the latest research on
long-term athletic development and physical literacy to help children
become physically active for life. Free after-school programs and
weekend running and fitness events offer boys and girls a combination
of activities and structured running.
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Norris Square Neighborhood Project, Philadelphia, Pa.Urban
Gardens Youth ProgrammingThis gardening, youth empowerment
and arts and culture program provides educational and employment
opportunities through creative after-school and summer programs. From
garden apprenticeships and agricultural projects to arts education,
youth find a safe space during out-of-school time and gain confidence
to succeed.
"Book Up Summer, which combats summer learning loss, is based on leading
literacy research and is designed to help the students who need it
most," said Susan Dibble, Executive Director, Page Ahead Children's
Literacy Program. "Thanks to the generous support of The Rite Aid
Foundation, students from low-income families will have the books and
resources they need to continue reading this summer and return to school
in the fall ready to learn and poised for academic growth and success."
The inaugural cycle of grants launched in May 2018 and was available in
select counties in the following states: California, Delaware, Maryland,
Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington. Another cycle of KidCents
Regional Grants will launch later this year. To learn more about the
program visit riteaid.com/grants.
Through the KidCents program, members of Rite Aid's loyalty program, wellness+
rewards, can round up their in-store or online purchases to
the nearest dollar and donate their change to KidCents. Members can also
choose to direct their change to a specific KidCents charity by visiting www.kidcents.com.
Through KidCents' Step Up Fund, The Rite Aid Foundation provides a
matching donation of $500 for every $500 a charity raises in
contributions through the wellness+ rewards program, up to a
maximum of $5,000. For more information, visit www.kidcents.com.
Since its inception in 2001, The Rite Aid Foundation has awarded more
than $50 million to nonprofit organizations. Additionally, Rite Aid,
through the efforts of its customers, supplier partners and associates,
has also raised more than $87 million for Children's Miracle Network
Hospitals across the country since 1994.
Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) is one of the nation's leading
drugstore chains with fiscal 2018 annual revenues of $21.5 billion.
Information about Rite Aid, including corporate background and press
releases, is available through the company's website at www.riteaid.com.
The 180 charities receiving KidCents Regional Grants include:
CaliforniaAim High for High School, San Francisco:
$30,000.00Alameda Boys & Girls Club, Alameda: $30,000.00Bay
Area Outreach & Recreation Program, Berkeley: $15,000.00Berkeley
Youth Alternatives, Berkeley: $20,000.00Boys & Girls Club of
Camarillo, Camarillo: $20,000.00Boys & Girls Club of Fontana,
Fontana: $15,000.00Boys & Girls Club of Greater Ventura, Ventura:
$25,000.00Boys & Girls Club of Menifee Valley, Menifee: $20,000.00Boys
& Girls Club of San Marcos, San Marcos: $30,000.00Boys & Girls
Club of Santa Clara Valley, Santa Paula: $25,000.00Boys & Girls
Club of the Foothills, Monrovia: $25,000.00Boys & Girls Clubs of
Central Orange Coast, Irvine: $25,000.00Boys & Girls Clubs of
Garden Grove, Inc., Garden Grove: $20,000.00Boys & Girls Clubs of
Greater San Diego, San Diego: $30,000.00Boys & Girls Clubs of
Metro Los Angeles, Los Angeles: $30,000.00Boys & Girls Clubs of
Oakland, Inc., Oakland: $25,000.00Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside,
Oceanside: $25,000.00Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Monica, Santa
Monica: $30,000.00Boys & Girls Clubs of Whittier, Whittier:
$20,000.00Boys and Girls Club of Anaheim, Inc., Anaheim: $15,000.00Boys
and Girls Club of Vista, Vista: $20,000.00Boys and Girls Clubs of
Carlsbad, Carlsbad: $15,000.00Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater
Sacramento, Sacramento: $20,000.00Boys Club of Buena Park, Buena
Park: $15,000.00Boys Hope Girls Hope of Southern California,
Irvine: $15,000.00Children's Bureau of Southern California, Los
Angeles: $15,000.00Community Action Partnership of Orange County,
Garden Grove: $15,000.00Desert Sanctuary, Inc., Barstow: $25,000.00Feeding
America Riverside | San Bernardino, Riverside: $20,000.00Food
Finders, Lakewood: $15,000.00Food Literacy Center, Sacramento:
$30,000.00Girl Scouts of Northern California, Alameda: $25,000.00Girls
Inc. of Alameda County, Oakland: $25,000.00Girls Incorporated of
Orange County, Costa Mesa: $20,000.00Girls on the Run of Greater
Sacramento, Sacramento: $30,000.00Girls on the Run of Los Angeles
County, Pasadena: $20,000.00Girls on the Run of Silicon Valley,
Inc., Los Gatos: $20,000.00Girls on the Run Orange County, Newport
Beach: $15,000.00Healthy Smiles for Kids of Orange County, Santa
Ana: $25,000.00Improve Your Tomorrow, Sacramento: $20,000.00Intervention
Center for Early Childhood, Irvine: $15,000.00Lincoln, Oakland:
$20,000.00Los Angeles LGBT Center, Hollywood: $25,000.00MANA
de San Diego, San Diego: $15,000.00Mar Vista Family Center, Culver
City: $15,000.00Mercy Housing California, Sacramento: $20,000.00Neighborhood
Homework House, Azusa: $25,000.00Project Access, Inc., Orange:
$15,000.00Sacred Heart Community Service, San Jose: $25,000.00Santa
Clarita Valley Boys & Girls Club, Newhall: $20,000.00The Boys
& Girls Club of Burbank and Greater East Valley Inc., Burbank: $20,000.00The
Fit Kids Foundation, Redwood City: $20,000.00The Wooden Floor for
Youth Movement, Santa Ana: $25,000.00Thomas House Temporary
Shelter, Garden Grove: $15,000.00Tiger Woods Foundation, Irvine:
$20,000.00Tri-City Health Center, Fremont: $15,000.00Trips
for Kids Marin, San Rafael: $30,000.00Union Rescue Mission, Los
Angeles: $25,000.00United Friends of the Children, Los Angeles:
$25,000.00United States Adaptive Recreation Center (USARC), Big
Bear Lake: $15,000.00Variety Children's Charities of the Desert -
Tent 66, Palm Desert: $15,000.00Via International, San Diego:
$15,000.00West Valley Boys & Girls Club, Canoga Park: $30,000.00Young
Men's Christian Association of the East Bay, Oakland: $30,000.00
DelawareBoys & Girls Clubs of Delaware, Wilmington:
$30,000.00Girls on the Run Delaware, Newark: $20,000.00
MarylandGirl Scouts of Central Maryland, Inc., Baltimore:
$25,000.00Girls on the Run of Harford and Cecil Counties, Bel Air:
$15,000.00
MichiganBoys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan,
Farmington Hills: $30,000.00Boys Hope Girls Hope of Detroit,
Detroit: $30,000.00Central Detroit Christian Community Development
Corporation, Detroit: $15,000.00Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program,
Detroit: $30,000.00Eastern Market Corporation, Detroit: $30,000.00Focus:
HOPE, Detroit: $30,000.00Forgotten Harvest, Oak Park: $15,000.00Hope
For America Inc., Detroit: $15,000.00Kent County Girls on the Run,
Kentwood: $16,000.00The Refugee Education Center, Grand Rapids:
$30,000.00Vista Maria, Dearborn Heights: $25,000.00YMCA of
Metropolitan Detroit, Detroit: $30,000.00
New HampshireBoys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua, Nashua:
$15,000.00End 68 hours of Hunger Raymond, Raymond: $15,000.00Girls
Inc. of New Hampshire, Manchester: $25,000.00Salem Family
Resources/Success By 6, Salem: $15,000.00
New JerseyBoys & Girls Club of Camden County, Camden:
$25,000.00Boys & Girls Clubs of Gloucester County, Glassboro:
$20,000.00Glassboro Child Development Centers, Glassboro:
$30,000.00Hark-ALS, Inc., Hillsborough: $20,000.00The Arc
Gloucester, West Deptford: $25,000.00
New YorkAchilles International, Inc., New York: $15,000.00Boys
& Girls Clubs of Syracuse, Syracuse: $25,000.00Boys Hope Girls
Hope of New York, Brooklyn: $30,000.00Brooklyn Music School,
Brooklyn: $15,000.00DMF Youth, Inc, New York: $20,000.00Fresh
Youth Initiatives, Inc., New York: $25,000.00Girls Inc. of Long
Island, Deer Park: $30,000.00Girls on the Run Long Island,
Massapequa: $20,000.00Girls on the Run NYC, Brooklyn: $25,000.00Good
Shepherd Services, New York: $25,000.00Grand St. Settlement, New
York: $30,000.00Island Harvest Food Bank, Bethpage: $30,000.00Madison
Square Boys & Girls Club, Inc., New York: $30,000.00Morry's
Camp, Inc., Elmsford: $25,000.00Motivational Recovery
Environments, Inc., Copiague: $20,000.00New York Road Runners,
Inc., New York: $30,000.00Niagara Falls Boys & Girls Club, Niagara
Falls: $25,000.00QSAC, Inc., New York: $20,000.00Renaissance
Youth Center, Bronx: $25,000.00Row New York, New York: $25,000.00The
GO Project, Inc., New York: $20,000.00The Salvation Army, Buffalo:
$30,000.00Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens, Inc., Long Island
City: $20,000.00
OhioAdaptive Sports Program of Ohio, Dalton: $25,000.00Boys
& Girls Club of Massillon, Massillon: $25,000.00Boys & Girls
Clubs of the Western Reserve, Akron: $30,000.00Boys Hope Girls
Hope of Northeastern Ohio, Garfield Heights: $20,000.00Cleveland
Play House, Cleveland: $30,000.00Girls on the Run of Greater
Summit dba Girls on the Run Northeast Ohio, Brecksville: $30,000.00Girls
on the Run of Northwest Ohio, Toledo: $22,000.00Youth Challenge,
Westlake: $30,000.00
OregonBoys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metropolitan Area,
Portland: $25,000.00Girls on the Run of Portland Metro, Portland:
$15,000.00Marathon Education Partners, Portland: $15,000.00
PennsylvaniaAnti-Drug & Alcohol Crusaders, Inc.,
Philadelphia: $15,000.00Boys & Girls Club of Harrisburg,
Harrisburg: $30,000.00Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh:
$15,000.00Central PA Food Bank, Harrisburg: $30,000.00Community
YMCA of Eastern Delaware County, Lansdowne: $25,000.00Cradles to
Crayons, Conshohocken: $30,000.00Drueding Center, Philadelphia:
$15,000.00EducationWorks, Philadelphia: $30,000.00Family
Support Circle, Inc., Philadelphia: $25,000.00Girl Scouts in the
Heart of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg: $20,000.00Girls on the Run
Capital Area, Lemoyne: $15,000.00Girls on the Run Montgomery and
Delaware Counties, PA, Ambler: $15,000.00Girls on the Run of
Hunterdon, Bucks and Warren Counties, Flemington, NJ: $20,000.00Girls
on the Run of Lancaster, Landisville: $30,000.00Girls on the Run
Philadelphia, Philadelphia: $20,000.00Harrisburg Area YMCA,
Harrisburg: $25,000.00Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg,
Harrisburg: $15,000.00Joshua Group, Harrisburg: $30,000.00Keystone
College, La Plume: $20,000.00Leg Up Farm, Mount Wolf: $25,000.00Magee-Womens
Hospital of UPMC, Pittsburgh: $20,000.00Mercy Neighborhood
Ministries of Philadelphia, Inc., Philadelphia: $20,000.00Mighty
Writers, Philadelphia: $30,000.00Norris Square Neighborhood
Project, Philadelphia: $25,000.00Olivet Boys & Girls Club of
Reading and Berks County, Inc., Pottstown: $15,000.00Project SHARE
of Carlisle, Carlisle: $25,000.00Rainbow's End Youth Services,
Mount Joy: $15,000.00Sarah Heinz House Association, Pittsburgh:
$25,000.00Special People In Northeast Inc., Philadelphia:
$20,000.00Stone Garage, Inc., Kennett Square: $15,000.00TeamChildren,
Audubon: $15,000.00The Food Trust, Philadelphia: $30,000.00The
Parkesburg POINT Youth Center, Parkesburg: $15,000.00The Salvation
Army, York: $25,000.00The Young Women's Christian Association of
Carlisle, Carlisle: $15,000.00University City Science Center,
Philadelphia: $20,000.00Vetri Foundation for Children,
Philadelphia: $25,000.00YMCA of York and York County, York:
$30,000.00York County Library System, York: $30,000.00Young
Mens Christian Association of Greater Brandywine, West Chester:
$15,000.00Young Mens Christian Association of Wilkes-Barre Inc.,
Wilkes-Barre: $25,000.00Young Womens Christian Association of
York, York: $20,000.00
VirginiaBoys & Girls Clubs of the Virginia Peninsula,
Newport News: $25,000.00Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the
Eastern Shore, Norfolk: $15,000.00Girls on the Run of Hampton
Roads, Virginia Beach: $25,000.00Virginia Peninsula Foodbank,
Hampton: $20,000.00
WashingtonBoys & Girls Clubs of Bellevue, Bellevue:
$20,000.00Boys & Girls Clubs of King County, Seattle: $20,000.00Boys
& Girls Clubs of Snohomish County, Everett: $30,000.00Boys &
Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound, Tacoma: $30,000.00Foundation for
Edmonds School District, Lynnwood: $15,000.00Girls on the Run of
Puget Sound, Seattle: $20,000.00Girls on the Run of Snohomish
County, Lynnwood: $20,000.00Girls on the Run WestSound, Tracyton:
$20,000.00Outdoors for All Foundation, Seattle: $15,000.00Page
Ahead Children's Literacy Program, Seattle: $15,000.00Reach Out
and Read, Inc., Seattle: $20,000.00Wear Blue: Run to Remember,
Dupont: $25,000.00
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