Meet Our Partners

Acosta is the sales and marketing powerhouse behind most of the trusted brands seen in stores every day. When an Acosta associate discovered that his son had muscular dystrophy, the company created the Aisles of Smiles program to support MDA. Acosta unites consumer brands, retailers and shoppers to support people with muscular dystrophy through the simple act of grocery shopping with huge results. Since 1985, Acosta has raised more than $82 million for MDA through Aisles of Smiles and special events.

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Albertsons Companies and the Albertsons Companies Foundation continues its over 20 year tradition of putting muscle behind MDA’s mission and the families it serves. The Albertsons Companies Foundation, which includes Safeway, ACME Markets, Shaw’s, Star Markets, Tom Thumb and Randalls, shows its dedicated support through in-store fundraising campaigns. Albertsons Companies’ stores provide the opportunity to mobilize funding and create awareness in neighborhoods through the generous contributions by their customers, our employees' passion and partnerships with vendors.

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Casey’s General Stores operates more than 2,250 convenience store locations in 16 Midwestern states. Giving back to communities where Casey’s General Stores employees live and work is one of the core values of this committed partner. As one of MDA's leading in-store fundraising supporters, Casey’s is making the daily lives of its customers and communities better. In 2019, their fundraising campaign raised more than $2.4 million. Casey’s also hosts the annual MDA Muscle Team Dinner and Auction which has grown every year since its inception and provides an opportunity for the community, companies and vendor partners to join in the fight. Their support is bringing hope and strength to people living with muscle disease every day.

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Circle K is one of the largest company-owned convenience-store chains in the U.S. They support MDA predominantly in the southeast, hosting a very successful golf tournament and conducting in-store fundraising campaign to help the kids and adults MDA serves.

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Each May, coffee giant Dutch Bros hosts an annual Drink One for Dane day. On this day, Dutch Bros donates proceeds from the sales at all locations to MDA in support of ALS research and family services. Drink One for Dane day will always be a way the Dutch Bros family honors its late co-founder, Dane Boersma, who passed away from ALS in 2009.

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The Eastern Harley-Davidson Dealer Association (EHDDA) is an association of Harley-Davidson dealers who bring centuries of accumulated knowledge of the Harley Davidson brand and experience. The EHDDA is focused on providing H-D rider experiences of the highest level of integrity, and brings the riding public together with its dealers for a number of charitable causes, including MDA.

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As the nation’s largest supermarket chain, Kroger has a long history of bringing help and hope to the communities it serves. For more than 30 years, Kroger divisions across the country have put this philosophy into action on behalf of MDA through local events like the MDA Shamrocks program, MDA Muscle Walk and distinguished events. Additionally, Kroger store locations have featured the brands that support MDA’s mission through its Aisles of Smiles campaign. Local MDA Summer Camps are among the MDA programs benefitting from Kroger’s support. In the past 21 years alone, Kroger has raised more than $32 million to help save and improve lives of kids and adults living with muscular dystrophy.

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The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) is the representing union of 285,000 professional letter carriers of the United States Postal Service who deliver mail to homes and businesses across the U.S. Pledging its support to MDA back in 1952, the NALC represents one of MDA’s first national sponsoring organizations. Since that time, the NALC has remained faithful to its commitment to support MDA’s mission, raising over a million dollars each year and organizing countless special events, including Bowl-a-Thons, Satchel Drives, MDA Muscle Walks, letter writing campaigns and more.

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Sailormen Inc., one of the largest domestic franchisees of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen restaurants, each year hosts their “Appetite for a Cure” campaign to support MDA as well as a large golf tournament. Through their efforts, Sailormen Popeyes has contributed more than $7 million to help the families served by MDA.

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