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Taco Bell announces spring fundraiser results
September 2, 2009
Taco Bell raised $1.8 million in a one-day nationwide fundraiser held in April to benefit Taco Bell Foundation for Teens and its key partner and beneficiary Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
More than 2 million customers visited Taco Bell restaurants on April 23 to participate in the fundraiser. Franchisees and company-owned restaurants pledged 15 percent of the day's gross sales to help further the foundation's mission of raising awareness for the graduation crisis and supporting programs at Boys & Girls Clubs designed to help at-risk teens.
The money pledged from the fundraiser will help enhance and expand the national Keystone initiative, the largest teen program within Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Keystone Clubs help young people ages 14-18 become productive citizens and leaders by focusing on three key areas: Academic Success, Career Exploration and Community Service. Since 1995, Taco Bell Foundation for Teens estimates its programs have helped more than 500,000 teens stay in school and on the path to graduation.
To underscore the value of education, Taco Bell also donated $100,000 to fund four college scholarships that were available to customers who visited the restaurant during the fundraiser. More than 30,000 customers logged on towww.tacobellfoundationforteens.organd entered to win one of four $25,000 college tuition scholarships.
The winners include: Jacinto Carillo Fagundo, of Fullerton, Calif., who plans to use the scholarship money towards the future college education of her two daughters, ages 8 and 10; Terri Minton, of Norfolk, Va., who will use the scholarship to attend dental hygiene school; Tequila Huffman, of Jacksonville, Fla., who had entered the contest on a whim the last day of eligibility and now plans to return to college to complete her degree in business and economics; and Mark Douglas Hover, of Woodland, Wash., who will use the scholarship to study for a new career in nursing.
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