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Golden Chick raises more than $190K for teachers, schools

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February 13, 2024

Golden Chick has donated $190,584 to teachers and more than 300 schools. Through its fall campaign, 50 cents from each sale of Golden Chick's State Fair Mini Funnel Cakes was collected and will be divided between its home states of Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas, according to a press release.

It's the most money the brand has raised to date and the first chain-wide charity campaign.

"For being our first year with a holistic philanthropic initiative in place across all our restaurants, we are overwhelmed and incredibly thankful for the support we received from our loyal customers," Mark Parmerlee, Golden Chick CEO, said in the release. "These funds will make big splashes in our local communities and only further instills our focus on supporting our neighbors. Golden Chick has always prided itself in being great members of each community around our restaurants, but this charity effort far surpasses the level of support we have ever achieved. We are proud to be able to help so many schools, teachers and student in our neighborhoods."

"When we began this initiative, our main goals were to unite our franchisees under one common cause and explore a different avenue to enact change that our brand had not done previously," Howard Terry, Golden Chick CMO, said in the release. "Throughout this campaign, we've not only seen tremendous customer loyalty but also incredible encouragement from our team members, franchisees and operators across our restaurants."

Golden Chick as more than 220 locations.