Shopko Foundation Awards Nearly $900,000 in Grants

GREEN BAY, Wis., Feb. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Shopko Foundation is happy to announce that it has awarded grants totaling $869,000 during 2013.  The funds were awarded through the Foundation's four grant programs – Community Charitable Grants, Green Bay Area Grants, Teammate Community Service Grants and Teammate and Family Scholarships. Shopko and the Shopko Foundation are proud to have awarded grants totaling over $27 million in the last 34 years in the communities where Shopko does business. 

"Shopko views each community where we serve our customers as our 'hometown'," said Shopko CEO Peter McMahon. "We appreciate the opportunity to serve these communities and strive to strengthen them through the Shopko Foundation's support of charitable groups and activities that are important to the people who live and work there.  We are passionate about promoting healthy lifestyles and educational opportunities for our neighbors in all the communities where we serve."

The Shopko Foundation supports accredited schools and 501(c)3 organizations. Grants are awarded throughout the year to support programs which further the Foundation's purpose of promoting the health and education of Shopko teammates and customers.

Shopko is owned by an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners, Inc., a leading private investment firm focused on leverage buyouts, equity, debt, and other investments in market-leading companies. 

About Shopko

Founded in 1962 and headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Shopko Stores Operating Co., LLC is a $3 billion retailer that operates 326 stores in 21 states throughout the Midwest, Mountain, North Central and Pacific Northwest regions. Retail formats include 134 Shopko stores, providing quality name-brand merchandise, great values, pharmacy and optical services in small to mid-sized cities; 5 Shopko Express Rx stores, a convenient neighborhood drugstore concept; 6 Shopko Pharmacy locations; and 181 Shopko Hometown stores, a smaller concept store developed to meet the needs of smaller communities.  For more information, visit www.shopko.com.

SOURCE Shopko