Article: 'The Kmart Family Foundation' Created To Fight Rising Drug Abuse Among Nation's Youth

One-of-a-kind private sector foundation will fund drug-fighting

organizations that assist families and kids in communities nationwide

TROY, Mich., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Kmart Corporation (NYSE: KM) today announced the creation of The Kmart Family Foundation, organized as a nonprofit entity to educate, prevent and fight against drug abuse by youth nationwide. One hundred percent of the funds raised by The Kmart Family Foundation will be donated to charities that battle drug abuse by children. The new Foundation plans to contribute about $500,000 in 1996 to established, youth-oriented drug education and prevention programs, and will supplement the retailer's ...

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