Clayton County Health Initiative Receives $10,000 Rite Aid Foundation Grant
Southern Regional Medical Center (SRMC) Foundation has received a grant for the county’s “Planting the Seed for Good Health” children’s diabetes and obesity initiative from the Rite Aid Foundation. The grant will assist the foundation and its community partners (Clayton County Board of Health; Clayton County Public Schools; Clayton County Board of Commissioners; and Clayton State University) that have all partnered to form the Diabetes Prevention Collaboration. The group will roll-out their health empowerment initiative for school age children, their families and Clayton County educators with an official check presentation at 12pm on Friday, August 19, at SRMC in the Education Center.
“The Rite Aid Foundation is proud to partner with community stakeholders in addressing the health concerns of the children in Clayton County,” said Gayle Rife, manager of The Rite Aid Foundation. Our foundation is dedicated to helping people in the communities that Rite Aid se