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: Giving Back
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...
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...
Always Best Care Franchise Owners Give Back to Help Victims of Baton Rouge, Louisiana Flooding
Shonda Boudet, owner of the Always Best Care Senior Services of Baton Rouge, Louisiana started the Love Starts Here campaign to help local families that were impacted by the flooding in August. The campaign, which was initially focused on raising funds for the recent police-involved shootings in Baton Rouge, shifted...
FRANCHISE BUSINESSES AND THEIR CHARITIES ARE HONORED AT ANNUAL FRANCHISING GIVES BACK AWARDS DINNER
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- (Sept. 13, 2016) – The International Franchise Association's (IFA) Franchise Education & Research Foundation recently announced the winners of its second annual Franchising Gives Back Awards, who were honored at an awards dinner Monday, September 12 in Washington D.C. The Franchise Education & Research Foundation recognized five Gold Winners...