Giant customers donate $630,000

Customers at Giant Food Stores and Martin’s Food Markets gave generously this holiday season by donating $630,028 to local Children’s Miracle Network hospitals in their communities. As part of the annual “Candles for Kids” campaign, customers could purchase a paper candle at the checkout between Nov. 22 and Dec. 5 for $1 each.“For nearly 20 years, our customers have embraced Giant/Martin’s commitment to help build healthy communities,” said Tom Lenkevich, Giant/Martin’s president. “Combined with our CMN paper balloon campaign held in June, this year our customers donated more than $1.1 million to support CMN Hospitals in saving lives and bringing health back to children.”The following CMN Hospitals in Giant/Martin’s communities benefited from this year’s Candles for Kids campaign: Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, The Janet Weis Children’s Hospital at Geisinger, Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Children’s National Medical Center, University of Virginia Children’s Hospital, Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital and Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.