The GIANT grocery store in Abington Township has been named one of 21 recipients of 2026 Healing the Planet grants from GIANT and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful.
A total of $100,000 was given to support projects across the company’s operating areas in Pennsylvania.
“Real change happens when businesses and community partners come together to make a difference,” said Courtney Hopcraft, manager of community relations and strategic partnerships, The GIANT Company. “At The GIANT Company, we’re committed to making a positive impact where we live and work. Our Healing the Planet grant program, offered with the support of Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, is one of the ways we’re helping to create healthier, greener spaces in the neighborhoods we serve.”
Since 2021, GIANT has partnered with Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful to offer over $1.4 million in Healing the Planet grants to recipients, empowering projects that connect communities with green spaces, protect and improve local waterways and water resources, prevent, reduce, and recover food waste, and support native plantings and habitat restoration.
“Community plantings foster shared responsibility and stewardship, strengthening social ties. Native plants provide food and shelter for local wildlife, improve water conservation, provide protection from soil erosion and can survive with minimal care. Beautifying communities also tends to reduce littering and other illegal behaviors, making it a better place for all residents and providing a foundation for community and economic development,” said Heidi Pedicone, director of programs, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful. “We are proud to support Pennsylvania organizations in planting native species across their communities and are honored to continue our partnership with GIANT.”
Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful has supported community improvement initiatives and encouraged community leadership, responsibility, and respect for the environment since 1990. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, a state affiliate of Keep American Beautiful, Inc. has more than 35 years of experience in organizing volunteer-driven community improvement events. Visit keeppabeautiful.org for more information on programs or to find an event near you.
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