Rite Aid Launches "Rite Aid Prescriptions for Education" with Just Between Friends, Benefitting Families and PTA Units Nationwide

CAMP HILL, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rite Aid and Just Between Friends today launched "Rite Aid Prescriptions for Education," a new prescription transfer program benefitting participating families and local Parent Teacher Association (PTA) units nationwide.

“Schools continue to seek resources that will enhance their kids’ school environment and their relationship with their communities. Our alliance with Rite Aid will help them in further achieving that goal”

The new program includes a prescription transfer incentive for families through participating local PTA units. Rite Aid will make a $5 contribution to a local PTA through the end of 2010 when a customer transfers a prescription to their local Rite Aid pharmacy and submits a coupon from their local PTA along with their medical insurance card.

A separate coupon will be specially generated for each PTA subscribing to Just Between Friends, a free service that provides local membership-based groups with a private online communication system for their members. Families using the coupon also will receive a $20 Rite Aid gift card with each transfer, good at any of its nearly 4,800 stores in 31 states and the District of Columbia. Additional information on the program and program rules are available at www.riteaid.com.

"Rite Aid Prescriptions for Education" is designed to extend beyond a student’s immediate household. For example, relatives or friends of a student can be given copies of their local PTA-generated coupon to take advantage of the Rite Aid/Just Between Friends plan, thus significantly increasing the potential donation to a particular PTA.

"One of Rite Aid’s core values is to make a difference in the communities we serve. By teaming with Just Between Friends, we are able to directly, and positively, affect the lives of millions of school children and their families,” said John Learish, Rite Aid senior vice president, marketing. “Supporting local PTA units helps to enable more vibrant communities which has a significant positive impact on schools and the quality of education children receive."

Just Between Friends (www.justbetweenfriends.com) helps local PTAs and other community-based groups, like churches and sports leagues, communicate more effectively while maintaining a top priority on the personal privacy so important to families.

Local group leaders can correspond directly with their members, either through group e-mails or individually. Individual calendars also can be created, allowing members to quickly view upcoming meetings and other activities. From creating directories, member lists or rosters, to communicating with your community and volunteer management, Just Between Friends handles the full range of communications through a single, easy-to-use browser interface.

In schools from coast-to-coast, Just Between Friends has actively connected parents of school-aged children at schools with a combined total of more than 3.1 million households, helping them form communities that allow them to be more involved in their children’s education. "The more we use Just Between Friends, the more ways we think of using it," said one local PTA co-president, echoing similar comments from local community groups around the United States.

"Schools continue to seek resources that will enhance their kids’ school environment and their relationship with their communities. Our alliance with Rite Aid will help them in further achieving that goal," said David Radin, Just Between Friends’ president. "Local PTAs throughout the United States have chosen Just Between Friends to improve the full range of communications between parents and schools. Through 'Rite Aid Prescriptions for Education,' we’re helping make those bonds just a little stronger."

Just Between Friends and Rite Aid already are working on additional efforts to involve parents in ways that will help make a difference in the lives of both the parents and their children.

Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) is one of the nation’s leading drugstore chains with nearly 4,800 stores in 31 states and the District of Columbia with fiscal 2010 annual revenues of $25.7 billion. Information about Rite Aid, including corporate background and press releases, is available through Rite Aid’s website at www.riteaid.com.

* Coupon must be submitted and insurance card shown when prescription transfer is requested by the patient. Coupon good thru 12/31/10. Medicaid, Medicare and any other federal and state government or other publicly funded program prescriptions are not eligible. Customers who have redeemed a Rite Aid prescription offer in the last 6 months are not eligible. Limit one coupon per prescription and maximum of four coupons per customer. Offer only valid when prescription is filled and paid for at time of transfer. Transfer offer only valid on any prescription not previously filled at or transferred from other Rite Aid locations. In New Jersey, offer valid only for citizens 60 years or older. Not valid in Massachusetts and New York State. Not valid on prescriptions for controlled substances where prohibited by law. Rite Aid Gift Card can be used only for purchase of merchandise at any Rite Aid Pharmacy and is not redeemable for cash, cannot be returned, and will not be replaced if lost or stolen. Also, Rite Aid Gift Card cannot be used for prescriptions, prescription co-pays, lottery tickets, tobacco, alcohol products, money orders, gift certificates, all prepaid cards, stamps, licenses, other mailing services, online purchases and any other items excluded by law.