RAD Rite Aid Corp

219 Charities Will Each Receive a $5,000 KidCents Grant, Totaling More than $1 Million

The Rite Aid Foundation is welcoming 219 new nonprofit organizations dedicated to improving the health and wellness of children into its KidCents program. Selected by Rite Aid associates and representative of the communities served by Rite Aid, each new charity will receive a $5,000 KidCents grant in recognition of their efforts and participation in the KidCents program, totaling more than $1 million.

“Thanks to the generosity of our customers, for over three years, our KidCents program has been able to provide critical funding for a variety of programs ranging from equine and aquatic therapy services to after school enrichment to counseling and crisis services for at risk youth,” said President of The Rite Aid Foundation Ken Martindale, who also serves as Rite Aid CEO of stores and president of Rite Aid Corporation. “There’s no question these organizations are making a real difference in the lives of children, and The Rite Aid Foundation looks forward to working with our new class of KidCents charities to do even more in the coming year to help kids in the communities we serve have a chance at a brighter future.”

The Rite Aid Foundation’s KidCents program, which now includes more than 430 charities, has offered nonprofits located in communities served by Rite Aid a unique way to fundraise in support of those they serve. Through KidCents, members of Rite Aid's wellness+ with Plenti program can round up their in-store or online purchases to the nearest dollar and donate their change to the general KidCents fund. They can also designate where their change goes by choosing a specific KidCents charity to support.

To participate, Rite Aid customers can sign into their wellness+ with Plenti account at www.kidcents.com and review the profiles of approved KidCents charities they can choose to support. Each charity profile features information about the organization and the services it provides as well as stories of those helped by the organization. Once a charity is selected, the next time the customer shops at Rite Aid, their purchase will be rounded up to the nearest dollar and their change will be designated to their selected charity.

Since its inception in 2001, The Rite Aid Foundation has awarded more than $27 million to non-profit organizations. Additionally, Rite Aid, through the efforts of its customers, supplier partners and associates, has also raised more than $75 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 nearly 4,600 stores in 31 states and the District of Columbia and fiscal 2016 annual revenues of $30.7 billion. Information about Rite Aid, including corporate background and press releases, is available through the company's website at www.riteaid.com.

The 219 charities joining The Rite Aid Foundation’s KidCents program include:

Alabama

Alabama CASA Network Baldwin County Child Advocacy Center Common Ground Montgomery Glenwood Inc. SAYNO  

California

A Place Called Home Ability First Sports Agape Villages Foster Family Agency Along Comes Hope Blind Children's Center Boys & Girls Club of Fontana Boys & Girls Club of Ventura County Boys & Girls Club of Whittier Boys & Girls Clubs of Fresno County Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Redlands-Riverside Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego Boys & Girls Clubs of La Habra CASA of San Bernardino County Casa Pacifica Centers for Children and Families Children's Home Society of California Children's Lifesaving Foundation Coachella Valley Autism Society Coastal Performing Arts Foundation Community Child Care Council of Sonoma County Culinary Arts Kids Eat Family Support Network Junior Achievement of Sacramento Kern Partnership for Children and Families Long Beach BLAST - Better Learning After School Today Operation SafeHouse Orange County Children's Therapeutic Arts Center Para Los Niño’s Promises2Kids Foundation Richstone Family Center River Oak Center for Children Samaritan House The Raise Foundation Tulare Youth Service Bureau, Inc. Valley Achievement Center Variety Children's Charity of the Desert Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services Voices for Children Watts Willowbrook Boys & Girls Club  

Colorado

Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver Tennyson Center for Children  

Connecticut

Boys & Girls Club of Greater Waterbury Waterbury Youth Service System, Inc.  

Georgia

Camp Sunshine Inc. ConnectAbility Extra Special People Georgia Center for Child Advocacy Gwinnett Sexual Assault Center Lindsey's Place Camp Never Too Late Our House Special Olympics Georgia  

Indiana

Kidds Society Inc.  

Kentucky

CASA of Bracken, Fleming & Mason Counties Children's Advocacy Center of the Green River District New Pathways For Children Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky Silverleaf Sexual Trauma Recovery Services  

Louisiana

Baton Rouge Children's Advocacy Center Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast Louisiana Brave Heart Children in Need Girls on the Run New Orleans Junior Achievement of Greater New Orleans, Inc. Youth Enrichment Program  

Maine

Families and Children Together My Place Teen Center  

Maryland

Center for Children, Inc. Girls Inc. of Washington County Hearing and Speech Agency Inner County Outreach The Children's Cancer Foundation, Inc.  

Massachusetts

America SCORES Boston Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell, Inc. Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroWest Children's Advocacy Center of Bristol County James L. McKeown Boys & Girls Club of Woburn  

Michigan

Beyond Basics Boys & Girls Club of Troy Boys & Girls Clubs of Great Lakes Bay Region CASA-The Voice for Clinton County's Children Child Advocacy Center of Lapeer County Child Safe Michigan En Gedi Gratiot County Child Advocacy Association Kalamazoo County Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention Council Never Down For The Count Youth Services Offering Alternative Therapy With Smiles Vista Maria Weiss Child Advocacy Center  

Mississippi

Palmer Home for Children  

New Hampshire

Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley Carriage Barn Equestrian Center Therapeutic Riding Program Inc. Friends Program Inc. The Chase Home for Children  

New Jersey

American Children's Society Inc. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ocean County CASA for Children of Essex County Inc. Emmanuel Cancer Foundation Harbor House Pinwheel Place Somerset Home for Temporarily Displaced Children Tomorrow's Children's Fund Woodbury Child Development Center  

New York

A Free Bird ACDS Adaptive Sports Foundation AutismUp Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region Boys & Girls Club of Eden Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo, Inc. Camp Good Days & Special Times Charity for Children Crossroads Center for Children CURE Childhood Cancer Association Daystar For Medically Fragile Children EPIC - Every Person Influences Children Fresh Youth Initiatives Gateway Longview Girls Incorporated of the Greater Capital Region Little Flower Children & Family Services of New York Motivational Recovery Environments QSAC, Inc. Quest Youth Organization, Inc. S.T.R.O.N.G. Youth, Inc. South Bronx United The Children's Village The House of the Good Shepherd The New York Center for Children Things of My Very Own Inc. Tioga County Boys and Girls Club Tomorrow's Leaders NYC Uniqkid, Inc.  

North Carolina

Bit of Hope Ranch Black Mountain Home for Children, Youth & Families Boys & Girls Clubs of the Coastal Plain Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tar River Region Boys & Girls Clubs of Wake County Coastal Therapeutic Riding Program Council for Children's Rights Exchange Club Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse of NC Junior Achievement of Central Carolinas SafeChild  

Ohio

Achievement Center for Children Adaptive Sports Program of Ohio Children's Rights Collaborative of Northwest Ohio Down Syndrome Association of Greater Toledo Kids In Need Foundation Making Kids Count Orville Area Boys & Girls Club  

Oregon

Boys & Girls Clubs of Emerald Valley Chelsea Hicks Foundation Family Solutions Integral Youth Services Oregon Children's Foundation - SMART  

Pennsylvania

Be Proud Foundation Boys & Girls Club of Potter County Caitlin's Smiles Camp Dreamcatcher Child Development, Inc. Cradles to Crayons Elwyn George Junior Republic Gwen's Girls Holding Hope Joshua Group Luzerne County Child Advocacy Center Marley's Mission Minding Your Mind Peter's Place Reflections of Grace Foundation Seton Hill Child Services, Inc. Special People in Northeast Inc. The Goofy Gators The Vista School The Woodlands Turning Points for Children Westmoreland Children First Youth Service, Inc.  

Rhode Island

Camp Surefire Foundation Special Olympics Rhode Island  

South Carolina

Carolina Children’s Charity Children’s Chance Collins Children’s Home WINGS for Kids  

Tennessee

Boys & Girls Club of Elizabethton/Carter County Child Advocacy Center of the Ninth Judicial District of TN F.I.N.D. Design Haley's Heart Foundation STARS  

Utah

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Salt Lake The Family Support Center  

Vermont

Windham County Safe Place Child Advocacy Center  

Virginia

Boys & Girls Clubs of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County Children's Health Investment Program CJ's Thumbs Up Foundation Comfort Zone Camp Fairfax Court Appointed Special Advocates Families of Autistic Children in Tidewater One Child Center for Autism Prevent Child Abuse Virginia Virginia Beach Court Appointed Special Advocates  

Washington

Boys & Girls Clubs of Bellevue Boys & Girls Clubs of King County Boys and Girls Clubs of Skagit County Children's Developmental Center Children's Home Society of Washington Hand in Hand HopeSparks Northeast Youth Center Special Olympics Washington Treehouse Youth Advocacy Center of Lewis County YouthCare  

West Virginia

John W. Hereford Boys & Girls Club of Huntington West Virginia Child Advocacy Network  

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