Contributed photo/Karen Donato
HOULTON — Jody Moulton, manager of the Houlton Hannaford Supermarket recently presented Houlton Elementary School students with $1,000 through the Hannaford Helps Schools program. The funds will be used for additional playground equipment for the more than 400 students enrolled in the pre-K to grade two school.
Overall, Hannaford Supermarkets has distributed checks for more than $560,000 to k-12 schools in New England and New York through this program in 2016. Customers triggered the donations by purchasing eligible products.
Schools use the donations for whatever items students need locally, whether that is new computers, musical instruments, sports gear, field trips or playground equipment.
In its 16th year, Hannaford Helps Schools raised $361,188 for 1,494 schools. Schools in each community that raised the most money also received an additional $1,000., bringing the total raised during the 2015-16 school year campaign to $566,188.
Under the program, customers received three “school dollars’ equivalent to cash, for every four participating products purchased. Since its inception, Hannaford Helps Schools has raised $9.8 million for schools in New England and New York.
