The Safeway Foundation Helps Fight Childhood Obesity with $2 Million for Research and Prevention Programs

PLEASANTON, Calif., Sept. 24, 2012 –/PRNewswire/ — The Safeway Foundation announced today it is giving $2 million to community health programs and hospitals to launch grass-roots projects for the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity.

The “Innovative Approaches to Preventing Childhood Obesity” grants are a part of an overall outreach and commitment to community health that has become synonymous with Safeway Inc., one of the largest supermarket companies in the U.S. More…