Customers and associates in Kroger’s Atlanta division, which includes stores in Georgia, South Carolina and Eastern Alabama, donated more than $323,000 to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association, surpassing the division’s goal of $300,000 by more than $23,000. The annual initiative, which ran from March 20-April 2, encouraged Kroger customers to purchase $1 or $5 shamrocks to help the MDA send thousands of young patients to summer camps, as well as provide comprehensive health care, medical equipment, wheelchairs, support services and clinics to those affected by more than 40 forms of neuromuscular diseases. “More than 1.5 million Americans develop a neuromuscular disease each year and look to the MDA for assistance,” says Glynn Jenkins, director of communications and public relations for Kroger’s Atlanta division.