PITTSBURGH, Sept. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- GNC Holdings, Inc.
(NYSE: GNC), a leading specialty health, wellness, and performance
brand, today announced the Live Well Foundation has raised
approximately $500,000 as part of the
charity's 15th Annual Golf Tournament. The golf outing
is being held at the Treesdale Country Club in Mars, Penn, on September 11, 2018.
"Nearly 200 golfers have registered, and more than 75 sponsors
have made contributions to GNC's Live Well Foundation as part of
this year's outing. This is one of our anchor fundraising events
for the year and for 15 years has been key to our ability to
continue helping a range of causes and not-for-profit organizations
in communities throughout the region and all across the country,"
said Ken Martindale, Chairman and
CEO of GNC.
GNC's Live Well Foundation provides support to Feeding America,
The USATF Foundation, St. Jude, The American Red Cross, and
Operation Homefront, among others. Established in 2004, the
charitable efforts of the Foundation, GNC associates, customers and
partners have continued to work toward improving the health of
others by funding programs for education, research and access to
nutrition.
This year, Glanbia PLC (www.glanbia.com), a global nutrition
group with products sold and distributed worldwide, and Windstream
Enterprise (www.windstreamenterprise.com), a leading provider of
advanced network communications and technology solutions, are title
sponsors for the outing and vendor dinner, respectively.
To learn more about GNC's Live Well Foundation, visit
https://www.gnc.com/gnc-live-well-foundation.html.
About GNC's Live Well Foundation
GNC's Live Well
Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit corporation dedicated to
making access to nutrition, supplementation and wellness education
available to all, with a focus on women and children throughout the
U.S. The Live Well Foundation partners with programs that support
these causes. The Foundation also supports relief efforts in
response to natural disasters or emergencies.
About GNC
GNC Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GNC),
headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, is a leading specialty
health, wellness and performance brand.
GNC connects customers to their best selves by offering a
premium assortment of heath, wellness and performance products,
including protein, performance supplements, weight management
supplements, vitamins, herbs and greens, wellness supplements,
health and beauty, food and drink and other general merchandise.
This assortment features proprietary GNC and nationally
recognized third-party brands.
GNC's diversified, multi-channel business model generates
revenue from product sales through company-owned retail stores,
domestic and international franchise activities, third-party
contract manufacturing, e-commerce and corporate partnerships. As
of March 31, 2018, GNC had approximately 8,900
locations, of which approximately 6,700 retail locations are
in the United States (including approximately
2,400 Rite Aid franchise store-within-a-store locations) and
franchise operations in approximately 50 countries.
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