$60,000 Worth of Computers Awarded to Winn-Dixie Customers and Area Schools.

Business Editors & Education/Lifestyle Writers

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 2001

25 lucky winners and a local school will each

receive a new computer

General Mills and Winn-Dixie representatives are pleased to announce the winners of the General Mills/Winn-Dixie Gateway Computer Sweepstakes benefiting local schools.

In all, 25 Winn-Dixie customers will receive two Gateway Essential Computers, one for the winner and one for an accredited school of their choice. Each computer is valued at $1,200. The sweepstakes was conducted from August 23, 2001 thru September 8, 2001:

          --  John Carpenter of Hulbert, OK
          --  Sara Stapel of Georgetown, KY
          --  Jerry Weigand of Ft. Thomas, KY
          --  Floyd Valentine of Pleasant Grove, AL
          --  Robert Matheny of Lilburn, GA
          --  Cherry W. Kendrick of College Park, GA
          --  Brian Jewell of Dalworthington Gardens, TX
          --  Don Parks of Copperas Cove, TX
          --  Janet Bezdek of Abbott, TX
          --  Russell Bishop of Knox City, TX
          --  Mark Ybarra of Arlington, TX
          --  Sarah Ervin of Huntsville, AL
          --  Katie London of Madison, AL
          --  Angela Lee of Birmingham, AL
          --  Kerry Glick of Hope, IN
          --  Robert Konopa of Anthony, FL
          --  Emily Katz of Miami, FL
          --  James Dinkins of Cape Coral, FL
          --  Pam McCrary of Atlantic Beach, FL
          --  Sandra Fultz of Port St. Lucie, FL
          --  Gerald M. Tate of Eunice, LA
          --  Donna Glasco of Slidell, LA
          --  Brittany Williams of New Orleans, LA
          --  Darlene G. Seaford of China Grove, NC
          --  John Bartolotta of North Port, FL

All schools in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Indiana, Texas and Oklahoma are eligible. Schools must be accredited public, private, or parochial schools for grades K-8 that have a 501(c)(3) or 509(a)(1) tax-exempt designation and to any military schools, for grades K-8. It is also available to accredited home school associations, K-8 that have a 501(c)(3) or 509(a)(1) tax-exempt designation and have 15 more students.

Many of these schools participate in the highly successful Box Tops For Education Program from General Mills. This sweepstakes promotion is an additional way General Mills and Winn-Dixie are reaching out to help schools across the country. Now entering its sixth year, Box Tops for Education has given more than $50 million to America's schools. Box Tops for Education can be clipped from over 330 participating General Mills products. Schools earn 10 cents for every box top redeemed and can raise up to $10,000 per year through the program.