GNC Supports Wounded Warrior Project with 5th Annual Golf Outing to Help Wounded Military Servicemen and Women

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GNC is partnering with the Western Pennsylvania Committee of the Wounded Warrior Project as lead sponsor of its annual golf outing on Monday, September 20 at the Diamond Run Golf Club in Sewickley, PA. This is the fifth year the outing has been held, and the fourth year that GNC has been the lead sponsor. The event is designed to raise public awareness and funding for severely wounded servicemen and women. Over the past three years, GNC has helped raise more than $253,000 for the Wounded Warrior Project programs and services.

“At GNC, we are pleased to be able to help our servicemen and women to meet their nutritional needs and enable them to “Live Well”

GNC is committed to providing the highest quality nutrition products to support healthy lifestyles, especially for soldiers who have served our country bravely and continue the mission of helping others to live longer, happier, healthier lives. GNC has 116 stores on military bases throughout the continental United States, Puerto Rico, Alaska and Hawaii, and stores on bases in Japan, Bahrain and South Korea. GNC products are also sold in commissaries, ships, AAFES Overseas and MCX Overseas Exchange locations.

“At GNC, we are pleased to be able to help our servicemen and women to meet their nutritional needs and enable them to “Live Well” as they sacrifice to help preserve the quality of life and safety to people everywhere, said Tom Dowd, Executive Vice President at the company’s Pittsburgh headquarters. “We take great pride at GNC in supporting The Wounded Warrior Project and for having the chance to show our gratitude by supporting this great cause.”

GNC customers can join the company in supporting this great cause. For a $350 donation, you can sponsor a “Warrior,” giving him or her the opportunity to enjoy a day on the golf course. Other sponsorships are available as well, and all proceeds benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. All donations can be sent to the Western Pennsylvania Friends of the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 11722, Pittsburgh, PA 15228 (checks can be made payable to the Wounded Warrior Project).

The event will also include appearances by Wounded Warrior spokesman Sergeant Jeremy Feldbusch and Staff Sergeant Joseph Gross, Area Outreach Coordinator for Wounded Warriors. Sergeant Feldbusch, of Blairsville, Pa., was left blind from an injury he suffered while serving in Iraq in 2003. He was also the star of the independent film “Home Front,” which captured the poignant story of a wounded soldier returning to civilian life. Sergeant Gross was serving in Iraq in 2005 when his Humvee was struck by a suicide car bomb. He lost his right leg below the knee and suffered multiple broken bones and burns. Both men are committed to helping other Wounded Warriors and to raising awareness of the challenges they face.

The mission of the Wounded Warrior Project, a non-profit organization, is to raise public awareness and enlist public aid for the needs of severely injured servicemen and women, to help service members aid and assist each other, and to provide unique, direct programs and services that meet their needs. For more information on the Wounded Warrior Project and donations, visit http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org.

About GNC

GNC, headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA., a leading global specialty retailer of nutritional products including vitamin, mineral, herbal and other specialty supplements and sports nutrition, diet and energy products. As of June 30, 2010, GNC has more than 7,100 locations, of which more than 5,500 retail locations are in the United States (including 892 franchise and 1,972 Rite Aid franchise store-within-a-store locations), and franchise operations in 50 countries. The Company -- which is dedicated to helping consumers Live Well -- also offers products and product information online at www.gnc.com.