Volunteer for Hope Program Awards Nearly $500,000 USD in Grants to
Qualifying Charitable Organizations Worldwide Since 2012
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM), one of the world’s largest restaurant
companies with more than 41,000 KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurants
in over 125 countries, announced today its Volunteer for Hope program
has awarded more than 160 grants resulting in nearly $500,000 to
charitable organizations around the globe since its inception in 2012.
Yum! Brands, Inc., one of the world's largest restaurant companies with more than 41,000 KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurants in over 125 countries, announced today its Volunteer for Hope program has awarded more than 160 grants resulting in nearly $500,000 to charitable organizations around the globe since its inception in 2012. (Photo: Business Wire)
Yum! Brands’ Volunteer for Hope program, now in its third year,
encourages the Company’s 1.5 million associates and franchisees to give
back to the communities where they live and work through volunteerism.
Since 2012, associates and franchisees from more than 20 countries have
volunteered over 55,000 hours of community service. Each year, the
program awards the Company’s top volunteer teams with monetary grants
for their partner charities. In 2014, Yum! awarded 140 grants and nearly
$220,000 to charitable agencies. Of the top six Huge Heart Champion
Award winners, the leading team won a $25,000 grant for their
organization, three teams were awarded $20,000 grants, an individual
volunteer received a $10,000 grant and the final team won a $5,000 grant
for their charities.
“As a Company with a Huge Heart, we are extremely proud of our
associates and franchisees around the world who are making a difference
in their communities by volunteering their time and talents to help
those in need,” said Greg Creed, Chief Executive Officer, Yum! Brands.
“I’m honored to award grants to the incredible charitable organizations
our associates and franchisees volunteered with and hope the money will
make an impact in their communities.”
This year’s winning Huge Heart Champion Award team, named Cambiando
Hambre Por Esparanza, is from the Company’s KFC and Pizza Hut Honduras
business. The team partnered with charity organization, Vision Mundial,
to fight hunger in Consonlaca, Honduras. Through the team’s
volunteerism, they feed hungry children in the community and increased
the rate of families participating in local feeding and nutrition
programs. The team made a lasting impact by helping to reduce the number
of children suffering from malnutrition in the community.
The Volunteer for Hope program continues to build on Yum! Brands’ legacy
of supporting hunger relief initiatives. In 2007, Yum! Brands created
World Hunger Relief to raise awareness, volunteerism and funds for the
World Food Programme and other hunger relief agencies. The Company’s
World Hunger Relief effort has become the world’s largest private sector
hunger relief initiative, spanning more than 125 countries, over 41,000
KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurants and 1.5 million associates.
Since 2007, World Hunger Relief has resulted in more than $600 million
in cash and food donations, providing 2.4 billion meals for those in
need for the World Food Programme and other hunger relief organizations.
Yum! also addresses hunger in the U.S. through its Harvest program.
Since 1992, the Company’s Brands have contributed more than 173 million
pounds of product to over 3,000 nonprofit organizations for those at
risk of hunger in the U.S. Since its launch over two decades ago,
Harvest has become one of the largest prepared-food donation programs in
the world. Yum! is continuing to expand Harvest globally in 2015.
For a full list of winning teams, their stories and more information on
Yum!’s hunger relief and volunteerism efforts, visit www.volunteer4hope.com.
Yum! Brands
Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, has over 41,000
restaurants in more than 125 countries and territories. Yum! is ranked
#216 on the Fortune 500 List with revenues of over $13 billion. In 2014
Yum! was named among the top 100 Corporate Citizens by Corporate
Responsibility Magazine and one of the Aon Hewitt Top Companies for
Leaders in North America. 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 opens over five new restaurants per day on average, making
it a leader in international retail development.
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Yum! Brands, Inc.
Virginia Ferguson, 502-874-8200
Source: Yum! Brands, Inc.