Contact:          Valerie Colvin, Community Development Manager

                        Walden/Sierra

                        301-997-1300

                        valerie@waldensierra.org

March 5, 2007

For Immediate Release

Walden/Sierra Receives Gift from Food Lion

            (Leonardtown, MD) Walden/Sierra has received $2,500 from the Food Lion Charitable Foundation. Walden/Sierra will use the gift to support the Compass Halfway House.

“We are grateful for this much-needed support for the Compass program and our goal of helping our clients recover and achieve self-sufficiency,” said Kathleen O’Brien, Ph.D., Executive Director of Walden/Sierra.  This gift will help provide enhanced educational activities for the children living at Compass and healthy food for clients and their children. 

The Compass Halfway House serves mothers with young children, as well as pregnant women, who are in recovery from substance abuse.  Compass provides an array of counseling and educational/vocational services for the women while allowing the children to remain with their mothers in a positive and supportive environment.         

Established in 2001, the Food Lion Charitable Foundation provides financial support for programs and organizations dedicated to improving the communities in which Food Lion operates.

The Foundation places an emphasis on the support of primary and secondary education, feeding the hungry, and organizations that enhance the quality of life in Food Lion’s local communities.

Food Lion LLC is a subsidiary of Brussels-based Delhaize Group (NYSE: DEG). Food Lion LLC operates more than 1,200 supermarkets, either directly or through affiliated entities, under the names of Food Lion, Bloom, Bottom Dollar Food, Harveys and Reid’s. These stores meet local customer needs and preferences for the freshest and best quality products. Food Lion LLC employs approximately 73,000 associates in 11 Southeast and Mid-Atlantic states.

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