Customers and associates at GIANT Food Stores and MARTIN’S Food Markets showed their holiday spirit of giving by donating a record-breaking $751,029 during the annual “Candles for Kids” in-store campaign in support of Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Hospitals.
Last year’s Candles for Kids campaign raised $586,628.
GIANT/MARTIN’S conducted its annual “Candles for Kids” in-store CMN fundraising campaign November 25 through December 8.
The campaign encouraged customers to purchase a paper candle at the checkout for $1 each and to write their names on these candles
which were then displayed in the stores.
Over the past 16 years, GIANT/MARTIN’S has raised more than $26 million to support seven Children’s Miracle Network hospitals, which include Penn State Children’s Hospital at Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, Janet Weis Children’s Hospital at Geisinger Health Systems, University of Virginia Children's Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Children's Hospital, and Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
Last year’s Candles for Kids campaign raised $586,628.
GIANT/MARTIN’S conducted its annual “Candles for Kids” in-store CMN fundraising campaign November 25 through December 8.
The campaign encouraged customers to purchase a paper candle at the checkout for $1 each and to write their names on these candles
which were then displayed in the stores.
Over the past 16 years, GIANT/MARTIN’S has raised more than $26 million to support seven Children’s Miracle Network hospitals, which include Penn State Children’s Hospital at Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, Janet Weis Children’s Hospital at Geisinger Health Systems, University of Virginia Children's Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Children's Hospital, and Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C.