After just one year as an Abrakadoodle franchise owner, Patricia Schon embraced the opportunity to seek out a worthy program in her community to provide free art programming in support of Abrakadoodle’s 2017 national Arts for All campaign, and she found their mission very compelling. The Carying Place provides short-term...
Category Archives: Franchise-Specific Charities
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting not only the bottom line of franchise owners and franchisees, but the very livelihoods, health and safety of everyone in every community. Franchises are deeply rooted in their communities and strive on a regular basis to give back to those in need. This commitment hasn’t stopped during the pandemic – in fact, it’s only grown. Below is a collection of stories of how franchises are giving back during this crisis.
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Abrakadoodle of Prince William County Provides Free Art for PACE Program Kids
Abrakadoodle of Prince William County is the first in the Abrakadoodle franchise system to respond to the challenge to participate in a system-wide Arts for All campaign with the first of several planned volunteer events. According to Eileen Moore, Education Director of Abrakadoodle of PWC, “We are so pleased to...
Abrakadoodle Brings Art to Youth at the Brantwood Children’s Home
Awarded the Abrakadoodle Arts for All Scholarship during conference 2016, Abrakadoodle of Montgomery, Alabama has launched its grant-sponsored art program to benefit youth at the Brantwood Children’s Home. The Brantwood Children’s Home has since 1917 been providing a safe, stable, structured environment for abused, neglected and other “at risk” youth....
Family Behind Golden State Restaurant Group Gives Back
Community service is at the heart and soul of the family that owns and operates McDonald’s in California’s San Joaquin Valley. Inspired by Don Schrader, who left a teaching career to work at McDonald’s in 1962 and became a franchise owner less than four years later in Stockton, the Schrader...
Flood Relief: At the Heart of Ground Zero
Torrential rains pounded Southern Louisiana and flooded one-third of the state recently with three times the amount of rainwater deposited by Hurricane Katrina. It’s estimated that approximately 100,000 homes were damaged; the majority owned by low- to middle-income people without flood insurance. “I don’t think people really understand the devastation,”...