--Drop off bookbags and school supplies at Kroger from July 19 - Aug. 4--

ATLANTA (July 12, 2008) - Kroger, the Children's Restoration Network, WSB-TV and Mission Grounds Gourmet Coffee are teaming up for the Back 2 School bookbag and school supplies drive from July 19 - Aug. 4 to help metro Atlanta's homeless children. Kroger stores in 19 metro Atlanta counties will serve as exclusive collection sites for bookbags and other essential school supplies. Mission Grounds Gourmet Coffee, a nonprofit purveyor of gourmet coffee that provides aid to underprivileged children globally, has pledged to use all proceeds it receives from Kroger customers purchasing its product during the drive to buy new school supplies.

"This is a wonderful program that offers a variety of ways to give," says Boake Moore, chief executive officer of Mission Grounds Gourmet Coffee. "Whether Kroger customers purchase Mission Grounds Coffee or directly donate bookbags and school supplies, they can be sure their donations will reach the children who need them."

Items Needed:
. New bookbags
. Wide- and college-ruled notebook paper
. Spiral notebooks
. Three-ring binders
. Pens and pencils
. Calculators
. Markers
. Scissors
. Rulers
. Crayons
. Glue
. Dictionaries

Metro Atlantans can drop off bookbags and school supplies at Kroger stores in:

Barrow County Coweta County Gwinnett County

Bartow County DeKalb County Hall County