JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Winn-Dixie Foundation announced that it has donated nearly $1.3 million to 81 charities throughout its operating areas in the Southeast. 

“The Winn-Dixie Foundation realizes the importance of giving back to the communities, especially in times of need,” said Mary Kellmanson, president of Winn-Dixie Foundation. “For more than 68 years, the Winn-Dixie Foundation has donated funds to worthy not-for-profit organizations, empowering them to share our goal of helping to improve the lives of families in each neighborhood we serve.”

The Winn-Dixie Foundation will provide grants to the following organizations:

• Abriendo Puertas Inc., Miami, Fla.

• American Diabetes Association, Birmingham, Ala.

• American Diabetes Association, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

• ARC Gateway, Inc., Pensacola, Fla.

• BASE Camp Children's Cancer Foundation, Winter Park, Fla.

• Baptist Crossroads Foundation, Inc., New Orleans, La.

• Bay Area Food Bank, Theodore, Ala.

• Boy Scouts of America, benefitting Learning for Life, Tampa, Fla.

• Boy Scouts of America, Central Florida Council, Apopka, Fla.

• Boy Scouts of America, South Florida Council Inc., Miami Lakes, Fla.

• Boys & Girls Clubs of Citrus County, Homosassa, Fla.

• Boys & Girls Club of Northeast Florida, Jacksonville, Fla.

• Bread of Life Fellowship Inc., Ocoee, Fla.

• Bread of the Mighty Food Bank, Inc., Gainesville, Fla.

• CROS Ministries, Lake Worth, Fla.

• Camp Boggy Creek, Eustis, Fla.

• Camp Tracy, Jacksonville, Fla.

• American for Community Involvement, Inc., Royal Palm Beach, Fla.

• CASA of South Louisiana, Lafayette, La.

• Children's Harbor, Pembroke Pines, Fla.

• Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, Al.

• Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida, Orlando, Fla.

• Community Connections, Jacksonville, Fla.

• Covenant House Florida Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

• David F. Miller Center for Retailing Education & Research, Gainesville, Fla.

• Dreams Come True Inc., Jacksonville, Fla.

• Feed the Hungry at Village Baptist Church, West Palm Beach, Fla.

• First Church of the Nazarene, Punta Gorda, Fla.

• Girl Scouts of Gateway Council, Jacksonville, Fla.

• Girls Place Inc., Gainesville, Fla.

• Great Kids Explorer Club, Ormond Beach, Fla.

• Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank, Baton Rouge, La.

• Habitat for Humanity of Arcadia-Desoto County Inc., Arcadia, Fla.

• Habitat for Humanity of Greater Miami  Inc., Miami, Fla.

• Habitat for Humanity of Lee County Inc., North Fort Myers, Fla.

• Habitat for Humanity of Martin County, Stuart, Fla.

• Habitat for Humanity of South Palm Beach County, Delray Beach, Fla.

• Heartland Rural Health Network Inc., Sebring, Fla.

• I. M. Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless Inc., Jacksonville, Fla.

• Immokalee Child Care Center, Immokalee, Fla.

• Jewish Adoption and Foster Care Options, Sunrise, Fla.

• Jewish Family & Community Services Inc., Jacksonville, Fla.

• KIPP, Jacksonville, Fla.

• Ladies Leukemia League Inc., Metairie, La.

• Liga Contra el Cancer Inc., Miami, Fla.

• Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

• MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation Inc., Jacksonville, Fla.

• Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Fla.

• Meals On Wheels PLUS of Manatee Inc., Bradenton, Fla.

• Mercy Flight Southeast, Leesburg, Fla.

• New Heights of Northeast Florida, Jacksonville, Fla.

• Oasis Counseling for Women and Children, Birmingham, Ala.

• Ozanam Charitable Pharmacy, Inc., Mobile, Ala.

• Panama City Rescue Mission, Panama City, Fla.

• Quantum House, West Palm Beach, Fla.

• Robert E. Lee High School ROTC, Jacksonville, Fla.

• SOS Children's Villages, Coconut Creek, Fla.

• St. Tammany Memorial Cancer Fund, Mandeville, La.

• St. Vincent dePaul Society/St. Timothy, Lady Lake, Fla.

• St. Vincent's HealthCare Foundation, Jacksonville, Fla.

• Take Stock in Children, Miami, Fla.

• Tarpon Springs Shepherd Center Inc., Tarpon Springs, Fla.

• The Good Samaritan Ministry, Slidell, La.

• The Guardian Catholic Schools, Jacksonville, Fla.

• The Heights Tutoring Center Inc., Niceville, Fla.

• The Path of Citrus County Inc., Beverly Hills, Fla.

• The Salvation Army of Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, Fla.

• The Volunteer Way Inc., New Port Richey, Fla.

• Trinity Café, Tampa, Fla.

• UNCF (United Negro College Fund), Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

• UNCF (United Negro College Fund), Orlando, Fla.

• UNCF (United Negro College Fund), New Orleans, La.

• University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, Ala.

• University of South Florida Foundation Inc., Tampa, Fla.

• Urban League of Broward County Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

• We Care Food Pantry, Homosassa, Fla.

• Wesley House Community Center Inc., Meridian, Miss.

• Women In Distress of Broward County, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.