The Safeway Foundation, working in partnership with local organizations, schools and individuals, seeks to improve the quality of life in the communities we serve. By carefully directing our fundraising efforts and the generous contributions of the company's employees and customers, the foundation supports a variety of worthy causes in four key areas:

Hunger Relief
As one of North America’s leading food retailers, we are proud to be at the forefront of efforts to reduce hunger. During 2005 our U.S. retail operations donated more than $110 million worth of merchandise to local food banks and hunger relief programs. Safeway is one of the largest supporters of America’s Second Harvest, the nation’s largest network of food banks.

Education
We have long recognized the critically important role education plays in building strong communities and ensuring their future growth. Last year we contributed more than $26 million to local schools through eScrip and other fundraising programs.

Health and Human Services
We support vital health and human services such as women’s shelters, health screening and child care, to name just a few. Over the past four years, we have donated more than $29 million toward efforts to improve detection and treatment of breast cancer and prostate cancer. During the past 10 years, we have raised more than $15 million for the Muscular Dystrophy Association in the fight against neuromuscular disease.

Special Needs
We donate funds to agencies that help people with disabilities and other special needs. Through in-store donation programs, our customers and employees have donated many millions of dollars for victims of natural disasters and other tragedies. In early 2005, for example, we raised more than $7 million for tsunami relief efforts in South Asia and Eastern Africa and Hurricane Katrina Relief.