Information: kidcents.riteaid.com
The Rite Aid Foundation on Sept. 18 presented five $10,000 KidCents grants to five local, kid-focused non-profit organizations across the Atlanta area to continue their work in improving the health and well-being of children. The grants are in celebration of an enhancement to The Rite Aid Foundation’s KidCents program, an in-store round up program that supports non-profit organizations dedicated to improving the health and well-being of children.
“We wanted to focus on the kids because our core value is to take care of our neighbors,” said Todd Davidson, pharmacy district manager for Rite Aid. “With this new phase of KidCents, we were excited to get involved with the great charities that work to better our kids lives.”
RiteAid serves five districts in Georgia, and each district picked one notable charity that is doing work to serve children in its area. One of the recipients, from the Carrollton district, is Murphy-Harpst Children’s Center in Rome.
The center, which serves about 300 children a year, works with abused and neglected young people through residential treatment, placements in specialize, foster care, and community programs that serve at-risk children and their families.
Charles Troutman, CEO, said, “These children come from horrible circumstances, and we work intensely to help them overcome trauma, setback so they become contributing members of society and have a chance to live the life they were promised.” Murphy-Harpst provides programs such as individual therapies, educational development and therapeutic recreation.
“The money donated by KidsCents and RiteAid will go directly to our therapy programs,” added Troutman. The other four charities that were recipients of the grant were Challenge Child and Friends, Atlanta’s Children Shelter, SafePath Children’s Advocacy Center and H.E.R.O. for Children.
Community residents can get involved in KidCents by helping round up change of their purchases and with the new phase of the program allows customers to donate the money to the charity of their choice in the KidsCents system. Previously, the round-up would go to the foundation’s general fund.
“It makes us proud to work with our local communities and with the newest phase of KidCents, customers are able to see their generosity make a direct impact in their local community,” said Davidson.
The Rite Aid Foundation launched in 2001 and has raised and donated over $80 million to help children.
In other news: Approximately 1,300 employees with EY participated in the firm's annual EY Connect Day on Sept. 19. Employees team together to give back and make a positive impact across the city. Atlanta's volunteers worked with 17 organizations throughout the day and donated 5,200 hours to projects such as updating the existing school garden at Beecher Hills Elementary School which will support the school's STEM lab, as well as other standards-based curriculum.
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