25th ShopKo Charity Golf Classic Raises $2,234,371 Tops $2 Million for 5th Straight Year GREEN BAY, Wis., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- For the fifth consecutive year, the ShopKo Charity Golf Classic raised more than $2 million for charitable organizations in ShopKo communities. Held earlier today on 10 Green Bay area golf courses, more than 1,500 suppliers, friends and employees of ShopKo, a Green Bay-based retailer, contributed to the event, benefiting Special Olympics and other charitable organizations selected by the ShopKo Foundation. "The ShopKo Charity Golf Classic is extraordinary," said Sam Duncan, president and chief executive officer of ShopKo Stores, Inc. "Two million dollar charity events are very rare -- unheard of in our hometown." Celebrating its silver anniversary in 2004, the ShopKo Charity Golf Classic has raised more than $18 million since 1980. It is currently the largest one-day fundraising event in the world benefiting Special Olympics which, as the event's primary beneficiary, will receive $2,155,371 this year. "ShopKo and its suppliers are changing the lives of more than 80,000 Special Olympics athletes in ShopKo communities," said Jim Schmutz, Special Olympics North America. "Our mission may be to provide sports training and competition, but the results go well beyond the playing field." "For 36 years Special Olympics has been changing the way people think about individuals with intellectual disabilities, resulting in greater respect and inclusion of our athletes in these communities. This generous contribution will help recruit new athletes to experience the joy of sport, and develop self confidence and courage to become more active in their communities," Schmutz said. The ShopKo Charity Golf Classic brings ShopKo suppliers together from across the country, including leading consumer product marketers and manufacturers like Procter & Gamble, McKesson Corporation, VF Jeanswear, AAi Foster Grant, Reebok International and Timex Corporation. "Our company is very proud of this event and the difference it makes in our communities," said Duncan. "I played golf today with Stacey Johnston, an amazing Special Olympics athlete from Spokane. At ShopKo, we are better for knowing Stacey and these inspirational men and women, and we are grateful for the ShopKo suppliers and teammates who make it happen." Former Packers greats Jerry Kramer, Max McGee, Jan Stenerud, Dave Robinson, Willie Davis and Fuzzy Thurston also participated in the event, along with Shandi Finnesey, Miss USA 2004 and 15 Special Olympics athletes representing the states where ShopKo stores are located. ShopKo Stores, Inc. is a customer-driven retailer of quality goods and services in two distinct market environments. Headquartered in Green Bay, Wis., the company operates 357 stores in 23 states throughout the Midwest, Western Mountain and Pacific Northwest regions. One hundred forty multi- department ShopKo stores are located in mid-sized to larger cities and 217 convenient one-stop Pamida stores provide Hometown Value to customers in smaller communities of rural America. ShopKo Stores Inc. is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SKO. For more information about ShopKo or Pamida visit our website at http://www.shopko.com/ . Special Olympics is an international year-round program of sports training and competition for individuals with intellectual disabilities. One million athletes in more than 160 countries train and compete in 26 Olympic-type summer and winter sports. Founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Special Olympics gives people with intellectual disabilities continual opportunities to develop fitness, demonstrate courage, and experience joy as they participate in the sharing of gifts and friendship with their own families. DATASOURCE: ShopKo Stores, Inc. CONTACT: Sheree Olson, +1-920-655-0369, or John Vigeland, +1-920-429-4132, both of ShopKo Stores, Inc. Web site: http://www.shopko.com/

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