DUBLIN, Ohio, June 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Every child
deserves a childhood, and Wendy's® is working to give
them one. Through its ninth annual Father's
Day Frosty® Weekend, Saturday, June 20 and Sunday, June 21, and the new #Share4Adoption
initiative, Wendy's and its customers will help children in foster
care find forever homes.
Funds raised through Wendy's campaigns like these go to support
the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption®, which works to
help find permanent, loving families for the more than 130,000
children in North America waiting
in foster care to be adopted.
"As an adopted child, our founder Dave
Thomas knew first-hand the importance of family. The Dave
Thomas Foundation for Adoption was born from Dave's firmly held
belief that children in foster care 'aren't someone else's
responsibility, they are our responsibility'," said Liliana Esposito, Wendy's Chief Communications
Officer and trustee of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.
"Today, Wendy's remains committed to that belief and mission, and
invites customers to get involved through programs like
Father's Day Frosty Weekend and our
new #Share4Adoption initiative."
Father's Day Frosty
Weekend
Participating Wendy's restaurants will
celebrate Father's Day Weekend,
Saturday, June 20 and Sunday, June 21, with the Father's Day Frosty Weekend program. Fifty cents from the sale of each Frosty over the
weekend will be donated to Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption to
help find families for the children waiting in foster care.
#Share4Adoption
Through August, customers will
be served drinks in specially designed cups featuring half of a
heart. Customers are asked to complete the heart on the cup with
their hand, snap a picture and post it to Facebook, Instagram or
Twitter with #Share4Adoption to support awareness of children in
foster care.
"We are grateful for Wendy's ongoing and vital support," said
Rita Soronen, president and CEO of
the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. "Over the past eight
years, Wendy's Father's Day Frosty
Weekend alone has raised $11 million
in support of our work. Wendy's commitment to helping children in
foster care find their forever families through initiatives like
these will ensure that we are able to give more children the
childhood they deserve."
To learn more about Wendy's Father's
Day Frosty Weekend, #Share4Adoption campaign and to learn
more about foster care adoption, visit www.wendys.com/adoption.
About The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is a national nonprofit
public charity dedicated to dramatically increasing the adoptions
of the more than 130,000 children waiting in North America's foster care systems. Created
by Wendy's founder Dave Thomas, who
was adopted, the Foundation implements evidence-based,
results-driven national service programs, foster care adoption
awareness campaigns and innovative grant making. To learn more,
visit davethomasfoundation.org, or call 1-800-ASK-DTFA.
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.
CONTACTS:
Frank Vamos,
614-764-8477, frank.vamos@wendys.com
Chelsey Derks, 404-879-9149,
chelsey.derks@ketchum.com
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