Foundation Arm of BI-LO, Harveys and Winn-Dixie Donates More Than $3.1 Million to 225 Charities Throughout Southeast
December 19 2014 - 10:43AM
Business Wire
As one in seven Americans suffers from food insecurity,
including 12 million children and 7 million seniors, the Bi-Lo
Holdings Foundation is investing more than $3.1 million into 225
hunger-related organizations throughout the BI-LO, Harveys and
Winn-Dixie footprint of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
Pictured above: (left to right) Feeding
Northeast Florida President and CEO Bruce Ganger, Winn-Dixie Store
No. 5 Director Greg Vengrin, Bi-Lo Holdings Foundation President
and CMO Mary Kellmanson, Bi-Lo Holdings Foundation Board Member
Pamela Onstead and Bi-Lo Holdings President and CEO Randall Onstead
present a foundation grant to the food bank to fight food
insecurity. (Photo: Business Wire)
“The Bi-Lo Holdings Foundation is thankful for the immense
support and generous contributions of our business partners who
enable us to provide these funds to local organizations who share
our mission of alleviating hunger in our communities,” said Mary
Kellmanson, foundation president and chief marketing officer of
Bi-Lo Holdings. “As food and togetherness are at the core of
everything we do, we strive to support those who may be food
insecure so that they may enjoy this holiday season.”
Grants were awarded from Oct.-Nov. 2014 to charitable
organizations with missions to address hunger and hunger-related
health and education issues. The foundation reviewed applications
from hundreds of nonprofit groups and conducted in-depth reviews of
their services and reach within each community.
Please go to http://www.biloholdings.com/Pages/Community.aspx
for a complete list of 225 partner organizations who were awarded
grants on behalf of the Foundation.
About Bi-Lo Holdings Foundation
The Bi-Lo Holdings Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization that
supports many of the charitable-giving efforts of Bi-Lo Holdings,
parent company of BI-LO, Harveys and Winn-Dixie supermarkets.
About Bi-Lo Holdings
Bi-Lo Holdings, LLC, parent company of BI-LO, Harveys and
Winn-Dixie grocery stores, is the fifth-largest conventional
supermarket chain in the U.S. and the second-largest conventional
supermarket in the southeast based on store count. The company
employs more than 72,000 associates who serve customers in
approximately 804 grocery stores and 531 in-store pharmacies
throughout the eight southeastern states of Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and
Tennessee. BI-LO, Harveys and Winn-Dixie are well-known and
well-respected regional brands with deep heritages, strong
neighborhood ties, proud histories of giving back, talented and
loyal associates, and strong commitments to providing the best
possible quality and value to customers. For more information,
please visit www.bi-lo.com, www.harveyssupermarkets.com and
www.winndixie.com.
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Bi-Lo HoldingsJulianne Roberts,
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