Albertsons Stores Join the Fight Against Muscle Disease

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Muscular Dystrophy Association

Feb 28, 2014, 11:00 ET

Phoenix (PRWEB) February 28, 2014 -- Albertsons supermarkets across the Southwest will team up with the Muscular Dystrophy Association this March to raise over $200,000 through the 2014 pin-up mobile campaign.

Throughout the month of March, Albertsons stores throughout New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, El Paso, Texas and Durango, Colo. will participate in the in-store pin-up mobile campaign that offers customers the opportunity to donate to their local community to help families affected by muscle disease.

"We want to encourage people in in the community to give back to the families we serve throughout the Southwest," said MDA Associate Executive Director Sarah Levin. "By supporting the Albertsons ‘Make A Muscle’ mobile program, people can make an immediate difference by helping to raise awareness and funds that can help save the lives of children and adults fighting muscle disease."

Albertsons Southwest Division has supported MDA for more than 25 years and has raised more than $2 million through special fundraising events and campaigns to raise vital funds for MDA's programs of research and health care services, including sending children affected by muscular dystrophy and related diseases to a weeklong, barrier-free MDA summer camp

About Albertsons LLC
Established in 2006, AB Acquisition LLC (“Albertsons”), which operates Acme, Albertsons, Jewel-Osco, Shaws & Star Market stores, is working to become the favorite food and drug retailer in every market it serves. The company is privately owned by Cerberus Capital Management, Kimco Realty Corporation, Klaff Realty, Lubert-Adler Partners, and Schottenstein Stores Corporation. The company operates over 1,000 stores and 12 distribution centers in 29 states and employs approximately 109,000 associates. For more information, please visit Albertsons.com.

About MDA
The Muscular Dystrophy Association is the world’s leading nonprofit health agency dedicated to finding treatments and cures for muscular dystrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other neuromuscular diseases. It does so by funding worldwide research; by providing comprehensive health care services and support to MDA families nationwide; and by rallying communities to fight back through advocacy, fundraising and local engagement. Visit mda.org and follow us at facebook.com/MDAnational and @MDAnews.

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Sarah Levin, Muscular Dystrophy Association, +1 (520) 529-5317, [email protected]