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Left: Leo’s Market and Eatery employees present a check for $2,900 to Mental Health Partners of Hancock County; right: Leo’s Market and Eatery employees present a check for $2,900 to The Landing Place.

GREENFIELD, INDIANA – Employees of Leo’s Market and Eatery on Tuesday donated some $5,800 to two local nonprofits through a paycheck contribution program.

Through compiled weekly donations, employees provided $2,900 each to The Landing Place and Mental Health Partners of Hancock County during the second-annual “Pride’s Purpose” presentation. Their weekly contributions into the Leo’s Community Enrichment Fund are matched dollar for dollar by parent company Pride Investment Partners.

A few weeks ago, managers at Leo’s Market and Eatery, 2212 W. Main St., Greenfield, asked employees to help decide where their money should go back into the community. Employees submitted their votes from a list of nearly 20 entities serving Hancock County and the surrounding area.

Leo’s Market and Eatery encourages employees to donate part of each paycheck to support its core values, including community mindedness. Leo’s and Pride Investment Partners also pursue sponsorships, dine-to-donate events, volunteering and making donations to local nonprofit organizations.

Leo’s Market and Eatery boasts a tremendous team, said Tami White, Pride Investment Partners board member.

“Our employees truly care about our community and their customers, so when they are given a chance to support Hancock County, it just comes very natural for them,” White said. “This is one of many perks of being in a small-town community.”

Last year, during the inaugural Customer Appreciation Day at Leo’s Market and Eatery, employees presented checks of $750 each to the Landing Place and the Hope House homeless shelter.

Employees this year again chose to support The Landing Place, a Greenfield nonprofit organization that provides a place for teens age 13-19 to meet and learn real-life strategies and principles to break the cycle of addiction, dysfunction and destructive behaviors while learning healthy patterns of living and maintaining lifelong sobriety.

Founder Linda Ostewig said it’s heartwarming to receive continued support for the youth-oriented organization, which has maintained an attendance of about 20 young people to its Wednesday evening events despite Covid-19 lowering turnout.

“I love that people love our youth,” she said. “Things like this help us stay sustainable.”

Leo’s employees chose Mental Health Partners of Hancock County as the second recipient of this year’s donations. Mental Health Partners is dedicated to improving the quality of life for people affected by mental illness through advocacy, education, and support services. Some of the programs MHP oversees throughout the year include connecting county residents to resources in their communities; counseling and support groups; providing backpacks to people experiencing homelessness; and an addiction recovery program.

“I am so surprised,” said executive director Kim Hall. “This is wonderful news for the year we’ve had.”

She said her organization has received more requests for assistance in getting mental health help than ever – helping get 15 people into addiction recovery houses and dozens more find counseling or psychiatric resources.

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Leo’s Market and Eatery in Greenfield is a hybrid grocery and restaurant, serving delicious fresh-baked kolaches, salads, soups, and much more, and providing fresh, local produce, meat and groceries to the community. Two additional locations are under construction in the McCordsville and Noblesville areas.

 

For more information, please contact: Rorye Hatcher| Marketing and Communications Associate | Rorye.hatcher@prideip.com | 317-468-2515 x. 228 | c. 618-731-8256

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“A Greenfield-based convenience store is bringing its hybrid fresh grocery, restaurant and fuel station concept to Noblesville and McCordsville by the end of next year.

Siblings Stephanie White-Longworth and Keith White opened the first Leo’s Market and Eatery a little over a year ago at 2212 W. Main St. in Greenfield using proceeds from an earlier venture. The brother-and-sister duo had previously grown their father’s company, Gas America Services, to 88 locations before selling the chain to Speedway in 2012. Now, they’re branching out to launch Leo’s second and third locations and establish the chain in Indianapolis’ northern suburbs.”

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GREENFIELD – Two local nonprofit organizations are heading into the holiday season with a better bottom line.

During the inaugural Customer Appreciation Day at Leo’s Market and Eatery, associates from Pride Investment Partners, Leo’s parent company, presented checks of $750 each to the Hope House and The Landing Place through the Pride’s Purpose community enrichment fund.

When a new employee is hired at Leo’s Market and Eatery, 2212 W. Main St., one of the first things they do is decide whether to make a charitable donation of a portion of each paycheck into the Leo’s Community Enrichment Fund, or “Pride’s Purpose.”

Leo’s Market and Eatery matches 100% of each of those donations, meaning for every dollar donated by employees, Leo’s also contributes a dollar to the fund.

It’s gratifying to be able to make a donation to two nonprofits only four months after opening the new concept market and eatery, said Pride Investment Partners board member Tami White.

“I was excited so many employees chose to make contributions,” White said.

Twice a year, Leo’s Market and Eatery employees will be asked to help decide how to put that money back into the community. Employees were asked to submit four nonprofit organizations to be put into the running for the funds from a list of nearly 20 entities serving Hancock County and the surrounding area.

The Hope House (hancockhopehouse.org) is Hancock County’s sole homeless shelter, which also serves Shelby, Henry, and Rush counties. The shelter aims to help individuals and families become self-sufficient by providing not only shelter but job training and financial counseling.

It’s encouraging to see Leo’s employees choosing to support the mission of the Hope House, said executive director Andrea Mallory.

“It’s neat that they left choosing the nonprofit up to the employees,” she said. “It sounds like the employees are philanthropic and connected to the community.”

The donation of just over $750 will go toward a $65,000 plumbing project recently completed at the shelter, Mallory said.

The Landing Place (thelandingplacehc.com) provides a place for teens age 13-19 to meet and learn real-life strategies and principles to break the cycle of addiction, dysfunction and destructive behaviors while learning healthy patterns of living and maintaining lifelong sobriety.

“It’s one of the most honoring awards we’ve had, because it comes from the people,” said Linda Ostewig, Landing Place director. “It feels good that the community sees us as valuable and important.”

Leo’s Market and Eatery encourages employees to donate part of each paycheck in an effort to follow its core value of community mindedness. Leo’s and its parent company, Pride Investment Partners, also pursues sponsorships, company fundraisers, volunteering and making donations to local nonprofit organizations.

The Hancock County Food Pantry was the runner-up for the donations, said Stephanie White-Longworth, Pride IP chairwoman and president. After Thanksgiving, a donation tree will be set up at Leo’s Market and Eatery to benefit the food pantry, she said.

 

For more information, please contact: Rorye Hatcher| Marketing and Communications Associate | Rorye.hatcher@prideip.com | 317-468-2515 x. 228

Greenfield, Indiana

October 15, 2018

Pride Investment Partners is excited to announce the ground-breaking of a new retail concept called Leo’s Market and Eatery. The first-of-its-kind location will be located along US 40 in Greenfield on the Northwest corner of Meridian Road. This unique concept will combine the best features of your local market and convenience store with an always-fresh Eatery.

The project is the latest endeavor of Keith White & Stephanie White-Longworth, the previous principals of GasAmerica Services. The naming of the location as Leo’s is in honor of their late father Richard Leo White.

Executive Chef Matt Chappell, plans to feature freshly prepared bakery items, as well as made to order power bowls and desserts. The Eatery will offer a wide variety of choices for diners in addition to many take-home meal options. Leo’s relaxed and modern atmosphere will have a dedicated space for in-store diners as well as outdoor patio seating.

The large store footprint will allow ample room for the Market to feature fresh produce, breads, cheeses, a wide selection of beverages, and always fresh ground bean to cup coffee. A drive thru option servicing both the Eatery and the Market will make your visit even more convenient.

Construction will begin this month with the store opening anticipated in the spring of 2019.

Stephanie White-Longworth, Partner and President of Pride Investment Partners, “We are excited to bring this new concept to Greenfield. It is our goal to provide the ultimate in convenience for our customers at competitive prices in a pleasant and easy shopping environment. Leo’s Market and Eatery will allow us to offer a broad selection of fresh, delicious, and healthy products alongside the more basic everyday items of fuel, dairy, snacks, and other grocery. We look forward to earning our customers’ business in addition to enhancing the community we live and operate in.”