Buffalo Wild Wings & Guests Raise More Than $1.1 Million to Support Sports Programs at Boys & Girls Clubs
December 03 2015 - 9:15AM
Business Wire
In Restaurant Pinup Program and Sales of
Limited Time Only Sauces Help Create Team Sports Opportunities for
37,000 Kids in 2015
Buffalo Wild Wings® (NASDAQ: BWLD) announced that 1,050 of its
U.S. and Canadian-based restaurants, in partnership with Guests,
raised $1,131,585 during its annual fundraising promotion in
October – representing a 49% increase over last year. The donation
will go towards grants to help fund sports teams and facility
improvement projects in local Clubs, as part of the company’s Team
Up for Kids® mission.
Throughout October, Guests had the ability to purchase paper
pinups in restaurants for a minimum of $1 and could also donate by
visiting www.buffalowildwings.com/giving. Local company-owned
restaurants that raised the most donations via pinups included
Duluth, MN, Spring, TX, and Lake Worth, TX and franchise
restaurants were Grand Forks, ND, Culpeper, VA, and Wilmington,
NC.
For the first time, Buffalo Wild Wings also donated $1 from each
“Limited Time Only” bottle of Bourbon Honey Mustard and Ghost
Pepper sauce sold in restaurants during September and October. More
than $178,000 was generated as part of the fundraising promotion
through the sale of the two sauces, which were brought back to
restaurants through a Twitter vote among fans.
“We’d like to thank all of our loyal Guests who contributed to
our fundraiser this year through our pinup program, online
donations and sauce bottle sales,” said Mary Twinem, executive vice
president and chief financial officer of Buffalo Wild Wings. “Each
year our Guests rally around our Team Up for Kids mission, helping
create new opportunities for local Boys & Girls Clubs in
communities across the country and ultimately, giving more kids the
opportunity to belong to a team,” stated Twinem.
Buffalo Wild Wings has committed to helping more than 100,000
kids play team sports by donating and raising more than $6 million
for BGCA by 2017.
About Boys & Girls Clubs of AmericaFor more than 100
years, Boys & Girls Clubs of America (GreatFutures.org) has
enabled young people most in need to achieve great futures as
productive, caring, responsible citizens. Today, more
than 4,100 Clubs serve nearly 4 million young people
annually through Club membership and community outreach. Clubs
are located in cities, towns, public housing and on Native lands
throughout the country, and serve military families in
BGCA-affiliated Youth Centers on U.S. military installations
worldwide. They provide a safe place, caring adult mentors, fun,
friendship, and high-impact youth development programs on a daily
basis during critical non-school hours. Priority programs emphasize
academic success, good character and citizenship, and healthy
lifestyles. In a Harris Survey of alumni, 54 percent said the Club
saved their lives. National headquarters are located in Atlanta.
Learn more at http://www.bgca.org/facebook and
http://bgca.org/twitter.
About Buffalo Wild Wings and Team Up for KidsBuffalo Wild
Wings, Inc., founded in 1982 and headquartered in Minneapolis, is a
growing owner, operator and franchisor of Buffalo Wild Wings®
restaurants featuring a variety of boldly-flavored, made-to-order
menu items including its namesake Buffalo, New York-style chicken
wings. The Buffalo Wild Wings menu specializes in 21 mouth-watering
signature sauces and seasonings with flavor sensations ranging from
Sweet BBQ™ to Blazin’®. Guests enjoy a welcoming neighborhood
atmosphere that includes an extensive multi-media system for
watching their favorite sporting events. Buffalo Wild Wings is the
recipient of hundreds of "Best Wings" and "Best Sports Bar" awards
from across the country. There are currently more than 1,130
Buffalo Wild Wings locations in the United States, Canada, Mexico,
the Philippines and the United Arab Emirates.
Buffalo Wild Wings’ charitable giving mission – TEAM UP FOR
KIDS™ – centers on the vision: There is a champion in every child.
We are committed to helping build communities where all kids can
thrive, compete, and belong to a team. As part of this mission,
Buffalo Wild Wings has teamed up with Boys & Girls Clubs of
America (BGCA) to help thousands of kids play on sports teams each
year. Buffalo Wild Wings is committed to donating and raising at
least $6 million for BGCA by 2017. Guests can join the effort
through donations from sauce and seasoning bottle purchases
and in-restaurant fundraising events. For more information, visit
www.buffalowildwings.com/giving.
To stay up-to-date on all the latest events and offers for
sports fans and wing lovers, like Buffalo Wild Wings on Facebook,
follow @BWWings on Twitter and visit www.BuffaloWildWings.com.
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