$250,000 USD in Grants to be Awarded to Qualifying Non-profit Agencies
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), the world’s leading restaurant company, today
began awarding more than $250,000 in grants to qualifying non-profit
agencies capping-off the inaugural year of the Hunger to Hope Volunteer
Challenge.
Last year, Yum! launched the volunteer challenge to encourage the
company’s 1.5 million associates to give back to the communities in
which they live and work through service. The top 20 participating teams
who displayed an outstanding demonstration of making a lasting local
impact were awarded with grants for the agencies with whom they
volunteered. The top ten teams will receive $20,000 grants for their
organizations and the top runners-up will receive $5,000 grants for
their organizations.
“As a company with a Huge Heart, we take great pride in giving back to
our communities,” said David Novak, Yum! Chairman and CEO. “I’m
incredibly proud of the dedication that our team members made to
volunteerism this year. Also, I’m honored to be able to award grants to
more than 20 of the organizations we volunteered with. Hopefully, this
money will help them to make an even bigger impact in their communities.”
The Hunger to Hope volunteerism program builds on the company’s legacy
of supporting hunger relief initiatives. To date, Yum! has raised nearly
$150 million for the World Food Program and other hunger relief
organizations, helping to provide nearly 600 million meals and impact
the lives of millions of people in remote, underserved corners of the
world.
In the last seven years, the World Hunger Relief initiative has resulted
in millions of hours of volunteerism. Nearly 25,000 hours of volunteer
hours were tracked for this year’s global challenge. Twenty countries
participated with programs ranging from food drives in Russia to cooking
challenges in the United States and even a fasting event coordinated
through social media in Thailand.
For a full list of winning teams, their stories and more information on
Yum!’s hunger relief efforts and volunteerism, visit www.hungertohope.com.
Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, has nearly 40,000
restaurants in more than 130 countries and territories. Yum! is ranked
#201 on the Fortune 500 List with revenues of over $13 billion in 2012
and in 2013 was named among the top 100 Corporate Citizens by Corporate
Responsibility Magazine. The Company’s restaurant brands - KFC, Pizza
Hut and Taco Bell - are the global leaders of the chicken, pizza and
Mexican-style food categories. Outside the United States, the Yum!
Brands system opened over five new restaurants per day, making it a
leader in international retail development.
Yum! Brands, Inc.
Christopher Fuller, 502-874-8200
Source: Yum! Brands, Inc.