Giant Food and USO of Metropolitan Washington Team Up for a Second Year

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Giant Food of Landover, Md. is extending its in-store giving campaign to benefit the USO of Metropolitan Washington and support military families across the Mid-Atlantic region.? Through April 6, Giant will sell CareOne Care Packages for our troops and accept monetary donations at check out to support USO-Metro programs and initiatives.

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For $5, customers can purchase a CareOne Care Package, which contains a toothbrush, toothpaste, floss, lip balm, hand sanitizer, and ibuprofen. USO-Metro will distribute CareOne Care Packages at airport lounges across the region as troops return home as well as deploy for service. Customers can also support military families by adding $1, $3, or $5 to their grocery bill at check out. Additionally, each neighborhood Giant will feature a station where children can make cards for service members. The campaign will continue in all 173 Giant stores through midnight on April 6, 2012.

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Giant first partnered with the USO of Metropolitan Washington in March 2011 during its 75th?anniversary year. At the end of the month-long giving campaign, Giant delivered $108,000 and nearly 10,000 pounds of food to USO-Metro to?help support its programs and establish a food pantry at Fort Belvoir in Virginia.?Hundreds of soldiers received cards from children decorated with their original artwork and created at Giant?s card-making stations.

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