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CORONA CARES™ CELEBRATES 10 YEARS

You & Corona: a decade of making a world of difference

Corona, CA – February 27, 2019 - Corona kicked off its all new Corona Cares™ tool grant program for 2019 this month, celebrating a decade of giving back to the communities we live in. Each year, they recognize projects that include: volunteer planting trees in our urban communities, teaching gardening skills and lessons to young students through school gardens, developing and maintaining therapeutic gardens to help those battling life-threatening illnesses, and growing food in community gardens for local residents who don't have access to fresh food.

The program began in 2009, providing organizations an opportunity to apply for much needed hand tools they need to succeed. Each year, 22 outstanding programs across the country are selected as recipients to receive a tool grant valued at $1,000. Sine the program began, Corona Cares has donated over $200,000 worth of tools. In 2019, we’re celebrating 10 years of the program and pleased to announce our partnerships with other national organizations in the green industry, to help spread the word and get tools out to those in need.

Corona Cares™ Program Partners

Arbor Day Foundation's Alliance for Community Trees National Neighborwoods®Monthis an annual campaign to plant and care for community trees during the month of October. Each year, tens of thousands of volunteers take action to make their communities greener and healthier by planting trees—keeping their neighborhoods vibrant.

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Katie’s Krops enables “kid-run vegetable gardens” where all of the produce is donated to people in need. The mission of Katie’s Krops is to empower youth of all sizes, to start and maintain vegetable gardens and donate the harvest to help feed people in need, as well as to assist and inspire others to do the same. Katie’s Krops now has 100 gardens growing across the country and has donated thousands of pounds of fresh produce to the local communities.

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The National Garden Bureau (NGB) launched a philanthropic program in 2014 that supports the building and growth of therapeutic gardens across North America. Now in its sixth year, Growing for Futures Therapeutic Garden Grant furthers NGB’s mission of promoting gardening to gardeners and non-gardeners alike. Their garden grant program impacts individual lives using garden-based education and therapy.

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Seed Keeper Project recognizes school gardens in every state across the country. Each year, a Seed Keeper Home Farmer is named and a Certificate is awarded to one school garden in every state, plus the District of Columbia. They acknowledge their dedication to teaching gardening skills to children, so they appreciate their food an where it comes from. Winning school receives a seed starter kit from the Seed Keeper Co., seeds from All-American Selections; slow-release fertilizer by Grosripts; and the essential gardening companion book – Gardenpeida- by Maria Zampini and Pamela Bennett, and a pair of Corona snips. SeedKeeperProject_logo_CoronaTools

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Program founder, Katie Stagliano stated, "We are thrilled to have the support of Corona Cares in 2019! The vision of Katie's Krops is to empower youth to grow a healthy end to hunger, one vegetable garden at a time. By supporting our efforts, Corona Cares will be helping to create new Katie's Krops garden, expand existing gardens and supporting youth across the country who are working to grow a better tomorrow for families and individuals struggling with food insecurity. We are blessed to partner with Corona Cares." 

Apply for a 2019 Corona Cares Tool Grant

To apply for a Corona Cares grant, visit the website for details. To be considered, you must apply before April 30, 2019. We will also be providing grants to designated recipients through our partners. Winners will be announced throughout the year and posted on the Corona Cares website and social networks.

About Corona®:

Corona Tools was born in the orange groves of Southern California in 1928. Our roots began with an invention that revolutionized the citrus industry. Since then, we’ve been designing superior garden and landscape tools for hard working professionals and gardeners, who take pride in a job well done. For generations, our customers have relied on Corona’s strength and durability. For over 90 years, Corona has established itself as a leading professional tool brand, primarily within North America. Part of the global Venanpri Tools family of hand tool brands, our tools are carried in retail stores, local garden centers, and landscape, agriculture and arborist suppliers.  For more information, visit www.shop.coronatoolsusa.com. Find Corona Tools on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

About Venanpri Tools:

Venanpri Tools is a global collective of the finest hand tool brands for agriculturists, horticulturists, gardeners, landscape and construction professionals. The cumulative experience of the Bellota, Burgon & Ball and Corona brands represents nearly 500 years of advancement in developing superior hand tools. With a global footprint spanning more than 125 countries across 6 continents, our brands have been the leading choice for generations of professionals who rely on quality and lasting performance.