Bucks County Courier Times
On Feb. 10, Fred Morgan, district director for the Giant Co. headquartered in Carlisle, surprised representatives of Centennial School District with a $10,000 donation earmarked to help purchase food and reusable bags to support the district’s program to feed students who rely on the school for meals.
The donation is supermarket chain’s new customer giving initiative to assist local public schools in the community it serves by addressing food insecurity among students.
Through Feb. 28, customers at Giant, Martin s and Giant Heirloom Market stores may round up their grocery purchase to the nearest dollar for local public schools’ food programs.
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The Pennsylvania-based grocery chain s donation will go toward food and delivery bags for the Centennial School District s student hunger programs. (The Giant Company) Giant s district director, Fred Morgan, presented a check to Centennial schools Superintendent Dana Bedden, food and nutrition supervisor Shannon Stone and other district officials. (The Giant Company)
WARMINSTER, PA Schools in the Centennial School District got some surprise help feeding local students in need on Wednesday.
The Giant Company donated $10,000 toward the district s efforts to address food insecurity among its students. The money will be used to buy both food and reusable bags to help transport the food to children throughout the district, Giant said.
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In Los Angeles, special education teacher Jaime Lozano strives to keep the attention of his elementary students during online classes.
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