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Three North Druid Hills-Briarcliff Area Schools Get Kroger $1,500 Grants

Sagamore Hills Elementary School, Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School and Torah Day School of Atlanta received grants.

, and received $1,500 grants from Kroger, the national grocer said Wednesday.

The grants are part of Kroger's Earning Plus Learning program, which evalutes how well a school promoted healthy living in their school during the 2011-12 school year.

Other Atlanta-area schools receiving grants include:

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$1,500 grant winners:

  • Beecher Hills Elementary in Atlanta
  • F.L. Stanton Elementary in Atlanta
  • Hapeville Charter Middle in Hapeville
  • R.N. Fickett Elementary in Atlanta

$1,000 grant winners:

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  • Brookview Elementary in East Point
  • Walter F. White Elementary in Atlanta

The Earning Plus Learning entries took the form of scrapbooks, photos, videos, essays, news clippings and more. All entries were reviewed by a panel of judges comprised of local and regional community leaders and the Kroger Community Involvement Team.

Throughout the Kroger's Atlanta division, 63 elementary and middle schools will receive a total of $146,950 in grants for the program.

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