Harmons Grocery Stores is working to help provide a better education for Utah children through two programs in February: Harmons 22^nd Annual PTA Day on Feb. 10, and a month-long drive to provide books for local children in need. --- The locally-owned grocer hopes to raise $50,000 for 64 area schools through PTA Day, and all families need to do is to buy their weekly groceries at one of Harmons’ 13 stores on Feb. 10. Harmons will feature special pricing on groceries for families on PTA Day and will in turn donate five percent of net sales to those local schools.

To show their support, participating PTA Day school children will decorate the stores, and parents and teachers will bag groceries and coordinate games and activities for families from noon to 7 p.m. on Feb. 10. Harmons is also giving away free ice cream sandwiches while supplies last during that time. 

Also in February, Harmons is encouraging customers to drop off unwanted books in Reading Tree book bins in Harmons’ store parking lots from Orem to Ogden. Reading Tree Books for Charity accepts new and used books which are collected weekly throughout the year. According to the Reading Tree, only one in 300 children in low-income neighborhoods owns a book of his own; more than 80 percent of preschool and after school programs serving kids from low-income families have no age-appropriate books on hand; and 61 percent of low-income families have no children's books in the home.  Harmons’ book collection bins have generated 27.6 tons of books to be distributed since its introduction last year.

            “We hope the community will come out to support the 64 schools that are taking part in our PTA Day on Feb. 10,” said Bob Harmon, co-owner and vice president of Harmons.  “And, since we are focusing our charitable efforts in February on school children, we thought it would also be a great time to remind people to make a special effort this month to drop off new and used books in the Reading Tree book bins in all 12 of our Northern Utah stores.”

Below is a list of  Harmons' stores and schools participating in 2011 PTA Day.

Harmons Stores	Schools
West Valley Harmons	Jackling Elementary
3955 W. 3500 S.	Farnsworth Elementary
West Valley City, Utah	Robert Frost Elementary
	Valley Crest Elementary
	Hillsdale Elementary
7th Street Harmons	Hillcrest High
7755 S. 700 East	Midvalley Elementary
Midvale, Utah	East Sandy Elementary
	Midvale Middle School
	Midvale Elementary
Ogden Harmons	Hillcrest Elementary
37 Harrisville Rd.	Heritage Elementary
Ogden, Utah	Lincoln Elementary
	Pioneer Elementary
	Green Acres Elementary
Draper Harmons	Altara Elementary
672 E. 11400 S.	Alta High School
Draper, Utah	Hilltop Christian School
	Crescent Elementary
	Sprucewood Elementary
Bangerter Crossing Harmons	Willow Springs Elementary
125 E. 13800 S.	Channing Hall
Draper, Utah	Juan Diego Catholic  High School
	Mount Jordan Middle School
Brickyard Harmons	Highland High School
3270 S. 1300 E.	Nibley Park Elementary
Salt Lake City, Utah	William Penn Elementary
	Millcreek Elementary
	Bonneville Elementary
Cougar Harmons	Fox Hills Elementary
4874 W. 6200 S.	Jim Bridger Elementary
Kearns, Utah