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The Rite Aid Foundation awarded the Brightside Project a $10,000 grant as part of its 2021 Giving Tuesday grant award. The grant will aid the Brightside Project in its outreach efforts to children in Columbiana County including their Bright Easter, Bright Christmas and Food for Kids programs.
"We are so thankful that the Rite-Aid Foundation believes in our mission. Their generosity allows us to continue equipping and empowering children in Columbiana County to reach their full potential by building resiliency and giving hope. These funds give us a great jumpstart heading into 2022," said Brightside co-director Lisa Wallace.
The Brightside Project is one of nearly 500 partner charities across the country that received a Giving Tuesday grant from the Rite Aid Foundation. The grants are funded through the KidCents customer fundraising program. Rite Aid customers enrolled in KidCents can round up their purchases in-store and online. The Rite Aid Foundation reinvests customer contributions into local charities and missions to drive community change and support disadvantaged and underserved communities. This year's total foundation grant allocation was $4.8 million.
"The Brightside Project shares the Rite Aid Foundation's caring commitment to creating healthier and more equitable neighborhoods," said Matthew DeCamara, executive director of the Rite Aid Foundation, a public charity established by Rite Aid in 2001. "All of our Giving Tuesday grant recipients address the profound realities of racial inequities and health disparities through their own ways and strategies - and have done it during an unprecedented public-health crisis that has significantly interrupted normal programming, fundraising events and daily operations. We're grateful to support their important work and uplift our neighborhoods together."
The Brightside Project, a 501(c)(3) organization based in Salem reaches out to equip and empower children in Columbiana County and surrounding areas to help them reach their full potential. To learn more visit www.brightsideprojectohio.org
The Rite Aid Foundation is a charitable, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) public charity established by Rite Aid in 2001. (Submitted material)