Food City recently held check presentations for its annual School Bucks program, awarding $800,000 in contributions to more than a thousand area schools.
Company officials are in the process of presenting checks to the schools. Allocations are based upon the percentage of customer purchases assigned. They can monitor their progress biannually online at foodcity.com.
The 2025-26 School Bucks program runs Sept. 3-May 5. For every $1 customers spend using their Food City ValuCards, their designated schools will receive one School Bucks point.
Schools receiving funds include:
Alabama
- Fort Payne High School – $2,133; and
- Goldsmith Schiffman Elementary School – $3,460.
Kentucky
- Pikeville Elementary School – $1,034.
Tennessee
- Alcoa High School – $1,593;
- Benton Elementary School – $5,219;
- Central High School of McMinn County – $6,218;
- Chilhowie Middle School – $2,218;
- Claiborne High School – $2,054;
- Cocke County High School – $3,427;
- Cosby Elementary School – $4,000;
- Dayton City School – $1,867;
- Joppa Elementary School – $4,928;
- Lenoir City High School – $2,782;
- Lenoir City Elementary School – $3,239;
- Loudon Elementary School – $2,069;
- Midway Elementary School – $6,813;
- Mt. Carmel Elementary School – $2,936;
- Mt. Horeb Elementary School – $3,108;
- Newport Grammar School – $5,958;
- Northview Intermediate School – $3,081;
- Northview Primary School – $2,000;
- Pittman Center Elementary School – $2,215;
- Rhea Central Elementary School – $2,399;
- Rogersville City School – $2,417;
- New Center Elementary School – $11,421;
- South Greene High School – $2,976;
- South Polk Elementary School – $6,677;
- Springdale Elementary School – $2,095;
- Surgoinsville Elementary School – $2,615; and
- Tennessee High School – $2,052.
Virginia
- Castlewood High School – $2,158;
- Chilhowie Elementary School – $2,164;
- Coeburn Primary School – $2,954;
- Independence Elementary School – $2,366;
- JW Adams Combined School – $2,615;
- Kids Central Inc. – $2,120;
- Norton Elementary School – $2,163;
- Ridgeview Middle School – $3,523;
- Ridgeview Elementary School – $3,827;
- St. Paul Elementary School – $2,585;
- Union Primary School – $6,999;
- Union Middle School – $12,077; and
- Union High School – $4,374.
“Food City is committed to supporting the education of our youth. Our Food City School Bucks Program provides much-needed support to schools across our market area. Since the program’s inception, we’ve awarded over $22.9 million to participating schools,” said Steven C. Smith, Food City president and CEO.
For more information about the program, visit foodcity.com/schoolbucks.
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