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Defined as \u2018The Opportunity Gap\u2019, it identifies the ways in which race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, familial situations, or other factors serve as obstacles to success.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through our Leader Grant program, we invited every store to provide a grant to an outstanding nonprofit organization that is actively working to close the opportunity gap in their local community. 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