KFC Foundation Awards $2 Million+ in Scholarships
KFC Foundation Awards $2 Million+ in Scholarships
2022年5月9日,2022年,全国631KFC®餐厅员工将受益于肯德基基金会的2022接触教育授予程序®,它为选定的获奖者提供大学学费援助,以进一步教育并在他们选择的认可大学,贸易/职业学校或研究生院实现梦想。
The KFC Foundation is awarding more than $2 million in REACH Grants this year thanks to the continued support of KFC Franchisees and the KFC Corporation, as well as Round Up fundraising at KFC restaurants.
“我们很荣幸能继续肯德基一家的悠久慈善事业历史,这是受哈兰德上校对帮助人们的热情的启发。肯德基基金会董事总经理艾玛·霍恩(Emma Horn)表示:“为这个勤奋的学生提供教育计划和资源的访问只是肯德基基金会影响餐厅员工生活的方式之一。”
奖励金额从$ 3,000- $ 4,000不等,除了珍妮特·库恩(Janet L.
To be considered for the Janet L. Kuhn Scholarship, the applicant must complete an additional essay within their REACH Grant application. A panel of judges reviews the essays and selects the winning submission. Congratulations to this year’s Janet L. Kuhn Scholarship recipient, Amanda Parks from Ohio!
肯德基基金会还通过以下慈善协助计划为美国肯德基餐厅的员工提供支持:
- 随着Gedworks而崛起- 支持员工通过全面的在线预备和测试计划获得高中证书,并配备个人GED顾问。
- KFC Family Fund- 向直接受到严重困难,危机或灾难性事件影响直接影响的员工提供经济援助。
- mychange– Empowers employees to build a $500 short-term emergency fund and a long-term habit of saving money through a six-month $1 for $1 Savings Match Challenge.
- Kentucky Fried Wishes- 通过提名当地的非营利组织以10,000美元的赠款提名当地的非营利组织,使员工有机会以很大的方式回馈社区。
今年的四个覆盖范围获得者以前曾通过Gedworks计划进行了基金会的崛起!REACH教育赠款计划具有竞争力,这意味着并非所有申请的人都选择获得赠款。我们的RISE SUPERS保证确保通过Rise计划获得GED的肯德基餐厅员工被授予教育赠款,因为他们申请并满足了最低资格要求。
关于肯德基基金会
肯德基基金会是一个独立的501C3非营利组织,致力于为肯德基美国餐厅员工提供可访问的支持和开发机会。自2006年以来,该基金会已向8,900多名学生和肯德基餐厅员工授予了2500万美元的奖金,协助他们上大学,赢得了GED,管理个人理财,经历了困难/危机情况并回馈社区。肯德基基金会的慈善计划是通过肯德基许多加盟商和肯德基公司的慷慨大方实现的。
关于珍妮特·库恩奖学金
肯德基训练执行局长珍妮特·库恩(Janet Kuhn)于2016年12月突然去世。为了回应她的逝世,肯德基基金会的纪念奖学金基金是由两个慷慨的肯德基加盟商和肯德基公司(KFC)(KFCC)创立的。
Janet’s 27-year career with the KFC brand began as a restaurant general manager. She worked her way up through the ranks, reaching leadership positions with KFCC in Operations, Restaurant Excellence, and Training. Throughout her career, Janet remained passionate about helping restaurant teams. She served on the KFC Foundation Board of Directors for 8 years, helping guide the mission toward providing assistance to the people who run KFC restaurants every day. She cared deeply about restaurant employees, her co-workers, and KFC’s customers. She was always willing to go out of her way to help someone.
The Janet L. Kuhn Scholarship provides an opportunity for one REACH Grant recipient per year to DOUBLE their grant money. That means the Janet L. Kuhn Scholarship winner would receive between $6,000 to $8,000 total, including their REACH Grant award! To be considered for this award, applicants must complete an essay during the REACH Grant application process.