JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – During this season of giving, the Bi-Lo Holdings Foundation, the foundation of Winn-Dixie's parent company, is giving more than $356,300 to benefit 24 local nonprofits throughout North Florida.
This donation is in addition to the more than $290,000 and 3,556,026 pounds of food Winn-Dixie is working to reinvest in the Jacksonville community by the end of 2014 through the contributions of its customers, business partners, associates and company dollars.
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"The Bi-Lo Holdings Foundation is thankful for the immense support and contributions of our business partners who enable us to provide these funds to local organizations who share our mission to alleviate hunger in our communities," said Mary Kellmanson, foundation president and chief marketing officer of Bi-Lo Holdings. "We look forward to growing our relationships with these organizations throughout the coming year."
Grants were awarded to charitable organizations with missions to address hunger alleviation and hunger-related health and education issues. The foundation reviewed applications from several hundred nonprofit groups and conducted in-depth reviews of their services and reach within each community.
Over the next several weeks, representatives from Bi-Lo Holdings Foundation and its Winn-Dixie stores will be presenting checks to the organizations that have been chosen to receive this year's grants.
The Bi-Lo Holdings Foundation grant recipient organizations in Winn-Dixie's Jacksonville region are:
- Fire Rescue Support
- Nassau County Council on Aging Inc.
- Bread of the Mighty Food Bank Inc.
- Magnolia Point Women's Club
- City Rescue Mission
- Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless Inc.
- Lutheran Social Services of Northeast Florida, Inc.
- American Cancer Society, Inc.
- Friends of Jacksonville Animals (FOJA)
- Community Connections of Jacksonville, Inc.
- Urban Jacksonville
- North Florida School of Special Education
- Clara White Mission Inc.
- Wayman Community Development Corporation
- Boys & Girls Club of Northeast Florida
- The Salvation Army of Northeast Florida
- Full Gospel Christian Center Inc.
- First Step Food Bank
- Mission in Citrus Inc.
- Jewish Family & Community Services Inc.
- Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry Inc. (BEAM)
- The Jewish Federation of Volusia & Flagler Counties
- St. Augustine Society (St. Francis House)
- We Care Food Pantry