CANTON, Mass. — The Dunkin' Brands Community Foundation has announced its 2009 grants, awarding the following:
- A $200,000 grant to Do Something, an organization that uses the Internet to encourage teens to get involved in their communities, to create its first disaster relief campaign, including a grant program and a disaster relief section on its Web site
- A $110,000 grant to Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest) to purchase a refrigerated trailer and enough food to feed a community in the event of a disaster
- A $100,000 grant to Homes for Our Troops to build specially adapted homes for injured war veterans
- A $65,000 grant to The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) to help expand its National Junior Firefighter program
The Dunkin' Brands Community Foundation selected the grant recipients based on the magnitude of the problem, the worthiness of the cause, the people it benefited and the ability to involve Dunkin' Brands' thousands of franchisees in supporting the causes in their local markets. With these grants, local franchisees and Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins stores will have an opportunity to support emergency responders in their own community.
Launched in 2006, the Dunkin' Brands Community Foundation has given away more than $1.7 million over the past three years. At the end of 2008, the foundation granted $40,000 to the Dunkin' Brands Disaster Relief Fund, which supported nearly 20 Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins franchisees throughout the country who had their business and lives impacted by disasters, such as floods, hurricanes and wildfires.
