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Church’s
Chicken® Awards $50,000 in Scholarships
to Texas Students
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50
high school seniors receive $1,000 towards college tuition
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Atlanta,
GA – June 2014 / Newsmaker Alert / Church’s Partners Foundation
Inc., the public charitable foundation for the Church’s Chicken®
brand recently awarded 50 Texas high school seniors the title of Church’s®
Scholar. In honor of the students’ outstanding academic achievements and
extracurricular activities, the Church’s Scholars Program will provide
each student with $1,000 towards their college tuitions for the upcoming
academic year.
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Funds for the scholarships
as part of the Church’s Scholars Program were raised by the sale
of coupon booklets at 92 of the Church’s Chicken restaurants in
Texas. More than 1,200 students applied for the scholarship. Students were
chosen for a combination of their grade point average, work experience
and extracurricular activities.
“We are proud to honor these
young people who have applied themselves both in their studies and in their
lives outside of school,” said Edward Brett, President, Church’s Partners
Foundation, Inc. “We thank the guests who have contributed funds to the
program and we hope the scholarships help the students continue to do great
things.”
For more information about
Church’s
Chicken, the Church’s Partners Foundation, Inc. and other community
programs they support, visit www.churchs.com
and www.churchspartners.org.
About Church’s Partners
Foundation, Inc.
Founded in Atlanta, GA in
2007, the Church’s Partners Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c) (3) public charity.
Its mission is to provide support and assistance to the employees and franchisees
of Church’s Chicken® and Texas Chicken®, their families
and the communities in which they live. Programs include the Church’s®
Scholars Program which provides $1,000 scholarships to eligible applicants.
For more information, visit www.churchspartners.org.
About Church’s Chicken®
Founded in San Antonio,
TX in 1952 by George W. Church, Church’s Chicken is one of the largest
quick service restaurant chicken chains in the world. Church’s®
specializes in Original and Spicy Chicken freshly prepared in small batches
throughout the day that are hand-battered and double-breaded, Tender
Strips®, sandwiches, honey-butter biscuits made from scratch and
freshly baked, and classic, home-style sides all for a great value. Church’s
has more than 1,700 locations in 25 countries and system-wide sales of
more than $1 billion. For more information, visit www.churchs.com.
Follow Church’s on Facebook at www.facebook.com/churchschicken
and Twitter at www.twitter.com/churchschicken.
Media Contact:
Lexi
Rich
866-252-1750 ext. 108
Ink Link Marketing
for Church’s Chicken |