Popular cannabis brand presents Southern California city with $230K donation 

One of the most popular cannabis brands in America is giving back to a Southern California community. 

STIIIZY, whose products include vape batteries, THC pods, marijuana extracts, edibles and flower, presented a check in the amount of $229,515 to Pomona Mayor Tim Sandoval during a ceremony on Friday. 

The money is being donated with the purpose of improving local parks and schools in Pomona; to date, STIIIZY says they have donated a total of $730,000 and over $4.5 million in cannabis taxes that have benefitted recreational spaces and schools within a half-mile radius of the store, including John F. Kennedy Park. 

According to a STIIIZY spokesperson, the donation is part of the company’s continued support for revitalizing Pomona, especially communities that have been historically disenfranchised. 

The partnership also demonstrates the power that cannabis provides through partnership, STIIIZY said. 

“This check presentation represents an extraordinary public-private partnership between STIIIZY and the City of Pomona...