Giant Food and Toys for Tots team up for children this holiday season

Giant Food of Landover, Md., announced Dec. 8 that Giant and the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation will work together to support children in need this holiday season. Giant will host Toys for Tots collection bins in all 173 neighborhood stores in Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Delaware. In addition, Giant presented Toys for Tots with $50,000 to further its program. The partnership comes during Giant’s 75th anniversary year.

“Giant is very proud to embark on one more community partnership during our 75th anniversary year. For 65 years, the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation has been helping our community, providing joy and a message of hope to less fortunate children,” said Anthony Hucker, president, Giant Food of Landover, Md. “We’re thrilled to support the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation and encourage our customers to donate new, unwrapped toys at their local Giant and bring holiday cheer to a child in need.”

“Thanks to the generous support of Giant, thousands of less fortunate children in this area who might otherwise be overlooked this holiday season will be remembered,” said Bill Grein, vice president, Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. “We are grateful, not only for the $50,000 gift, but also for Giant hosting Toys for Tots collection bins across Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and Washington, D.C. We look forward to a successful partnership with the neighborhood grocer.”

Since 1947, Toys for Tots has been delivering hope and holiday cheer to less fortunate children through the gift of a new toy. What began as a gift of a rag doll has grown to provide toys and gifts to more than 7 million children.

Giant Food LLC, headquartered in Landover, Md., operates 173 supermarkets in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia, and employs approximately 22,000 associates. For more information on Giant, visit www.GiantFood.com.

The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation is a not-for-profit organization authorized by the U.S. Marine Corps and the Department of Defense to provide fundraising and other necessary support for the annual U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program. Now in its 65th year, Toys for Tots provides joy and a message of hope to less fortunate children through the gift of a new toy or book during the Christmas holiday season.