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White Castle thanks vaccinated team members with $100K giveaway

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September 8, 2021

As a way to thank its employees who got the COVID-19 vaccine and to encourage other employees to get it, White Castle is giving away $500 to 200 employees over the next four weeks. Any employee who shows proof of a vaccine is automatically entered in a drawing for a $500 prize, according to a press release.

The VAX-a-Thousands giveaway invites any of White Castle's 10,000 team members to submit proof of at least one COVID-19 vaccine to be automatically entered to win $500, one of 200 such cash payments being awarded during the month of September.

"We are encouraged by our team's immediate response to the available vaccines this year," Jamie Richardson, vice president, White Castle, said in the release. "Our VAX-a-Thousands giveaway is a meaningful way to thank our essential team members and inspire others to get vaccinated."

The $100,000 prize total is a nod to the slider pioneer's 100th birthday being celebrated throughout 2021. For four weeks, starting this week, White Castle will randomly select 50 winners each week among those eligible to receive $500. Team members in more senior positions will be excluded from eligibility to focus the benefit primarily on front-line workers.

"The safety of our team members, their families and the communities we serve has been a top priority since we started satisfying cravings in 1921," Richardson said in the release. "Today more than ever as we power through the pandemic, we want to be here in ways that matter for our team members."