KFC FOUNDATION
KENTUCKY FRIED WISHES Empowering your teams to give back to their communities
By Emma Horn, KFC Foundation Managing Director
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ne thing we’ve learned over the last yearand-a-half is that KFC restaurant employees care deeply about the communities around them. Almost daily, you can find a post on KFC Strong showing teams donating food or giving back in some way. At the KFC Foundation, we want to help keep that spirit alive — and we’ve tweaked our Kentucky Fried Wishes program to do exactly that! The goal of Kentucky Fried Wishes is to empower your restaurant teams to give back to
their favorite, local non-profit organization by nominating them to have a wish come true. The KFC Foundation will award up to 11 grants of up to $10,000 to organizations recommended by your teams. It’s simple: Each restaurant can nominate a local 501(c)(3) organization for a Kentucky Fried Wish to fund a project on their wish list that also would provide an actionable volunteer opportunity for the restaurant team. We want each Kentucky Fried Wish to make a tangible impact on the local community and the people who live there. For example, what if the school around the corner needs a new playground and the restaurant team wants to help fund and build it? Or what if a senior center where a beloved regular customer lives needs fresh landscaping? Or a nearby community center wants to create a library in their building? We’re looking for projects that make it easy for restaurant teams to volunteer with that organization. This also will help strengthen relationships with difference-making organizations across your community, which is always time well spent! How does it work? 1. Restaurant teams decide on a local non-profit organization to nominate for a Kentucky Fried Wish.
We want each Kentucky Fried Wish to make a tangible impact on the local community and the people who live there. 48 AKFCF Quarterly Summer 2021
2. Restaurant appoints a Wish Captain from their team to lead the charge on contacting the organization, finding out a project they could use a $10,000 grant for, and completing the nomination form.
