MIAMI, Nov. 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of
National Adoption Awareness Month in November, Wendy's® restaurants
across the country, including hundreds of locations in South Florida, will be hosting National
Adoption Night on November
15th, a one-night event where 15 percent of
restaurant sales from 4 p.m. until 8
p.m. will go directly to the Dave Thomas Foundation for
Adoption®.
Created by Wendy's founder Dave
Thomas, who was adopted, The Dave Thomas Foundation for
Adoption is a national nonprofit public charity dedicated
exclusively to finding permanent homes for the more than 130,000
children waiting in North
America's foster care systems. Each year, more children
enter the system than are adopted. In Florida, there are currently over 5,550
children in the foster system waiting to be adopted.
"We believe every child deserves a loving home, and hope that
National Adoption Night not only raises funds for the Dave Thomas
Foundation for Adoption, but also promotes children in the foster
care system who need loving homes within our community," said
Ed Austin, President of Wendy's
South Florida Co-Op. "While November is National Adoption Awareness
Month, at Wendy's we support adoption and foster care efforts year
round."
National Adoption Month, celebrated annually since 1995, works
to increase the number of families willing to consider adoption and
celebrates the unique joys of creating families through adoption.
The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, through its signature
program Wendy's Wonderful Kids® (WWK), works closely with teenagers
waiting to be adopted from foster care. Using a child-focused
recruitment model, WWK recruiters work to find families for these
older youth, along with other children in danger of aging out
without a family. In Florida, over
600 children have been adopted through the Wendy's Wonderful Kids
program.
About Wendy's
The Wendy's Company (NASDAQ: WEN) is
the world's third largest quick-service hamburger restaurant chain.
The Wendy's system includes more than 6,500 restaurants in 29
countries and U.S. territories. For more information, visit
www.wendys.com.
About The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
The
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is a national nonprofit public
charity dedicated exclusively to finding permanent homes for the
more than 130,000 children waiting in North America's foster care systems. Created
by Wendy'sfounder Dave Thomas who
was adopted, the Foundation implements evidence-based,
results-driven national service programs, foster care adoption
awareness campaigns and innovative grantmaking. To learn more,
visit davethomasfoundation.org or call 1-800-ASK-DTFA.
Contact:
Tiffany Trilli
Fish Consulting
954-893-9150
ttrilli@fish-consulting.com
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