Safeway Celebrates 20 Years Special Olympics Inc. is pleased to announce a new fundraising and awareness campaign with Safeway. Safeway is expanding upon its historic commitment to serving people with disabilities by inviting Special Olympics to participate in an annual promotion. From March 30 - April 30, 2008, Safeway shoppers will be asked at checkout if they would like to donate US$1 or more to support people with disabilities and Special Olympics will receive a portion of funds raised from this promotion. The campaign takes place in all 21 U.S. states in which Safeway does business including: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming. Additionally, Special Olympics programs will engage with their local Safeway stores through employee volunteerism and involvement with Special Olympics activities and athletes. For more information about Safeway, Inc. and the April promotion benefiting people with disabilities, click here.

Contact Information
Tanya Baskin, Vice President, Corporate Partnerships +1 (202) 628-3630 or tbaskin@specialolympics.org For more information about corporate sponsorship and partnerships on a regional, national, state/provincial or local level, contact the appropriate Special Olympics region or Program. To locate a region or Program, use our Program Locator.