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Dunkin' Donuts raises nearly $500K for Boston Marathon fund

May 14, 2013

Dunkin' Donuts guests have donated a total of $467,884.61 to The One Fund Boston to help those affected by the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15. More than 2,000 Dunkin' Donuts restaurants in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Upstate New York and Maine collected donations from guests from April 22 through 28.

In addition to the week-long Dunkin' Donuts in-store fundraising campaign, Dunkin' Brands, parent company of Dunkin' Donuts, and The Dunkin' Donuts & Baskin-Robbins Community Foundation together donated an additional $200,000 to The One Fund Boston.

"We are grateful to our franchisees, employees and guests who came together to support The One Fund Boston," said Nigel Travis, CEO of Dunkin' Brands. "Our thoughts continue to be with all those who were affected by the heartbreaking events that occurred on April 15. Our hope is that these contributions will help the families who lost loved ones and assist those who were seriously injured in the ­Boston Marathon bombings."

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