Applebee’s - Alex’s lemonade stand foundation
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation emerged from the front yard lemonade stand of cancer patient Alexandra "Alex" Scott (1996 – 2004). In 2000, 4-year-old Alex announced that she wanted to hold a lemonade stand to raise money to help find a cure for all children with cancer. Since Alex held that first stand, the Foundation bearing her name has evolved into a national fundraising movement, and Sun Holdings is proud to be one of the thousands of supporters across the country carrying on her legacy of hope.
In 2022, The one hundred and thirty-one (131) Applebee’s owned by Sun Holdings raised nearly $130,000 towards this great cause.
To learn more about ALSF, visit www.AlexsLemonade.org.
“While his business has grown, community service has been an integral part of Perales’ endeavors, and his company’s operations. His restaurants serve 25,000 free meals to American heroes every Veterans Day and distribute over 4 million Certificates of Achievement Awards for free meal vouchers to children annually. Recently, his Burger King restaurants awarded 180 scholarships from $1,000 to $10,000, to local students in need of financial support to further their education.”
BURGER KING McLAMORE℠ FOUNDATION
was established in October 2005, is the charitable arm of the Burger King® System and is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) charitable organization.
The Foundation, together with Burger King Corporation employees, franchisees, suppliers and guests, has been able to make a positive impact in the communities in which we work and live. Today the foundation administers the BURGER KING℠ Scholars program and the BK℠ Family Fund.
The BURGER KING℠ Scholars program assists employees, employees’ spouses or domestic partners, employees’ children and high school seniors in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada in continuing their education. To date, the program has awarded more than $35 million in scholarships to more than 33,000 students. Last year alone, $3.7 million in scholarships were awarded to more than 3,400 deserving students.
Integrity, high standards, entrepreneurial spirit, good citizenship and education were the values that defined BURGER KING® brand co-founder James W. McLamore. It was those values that helped realize a dream and it is those same values that are the core of the BURGER KING McLAMORE℠ Foundation, which will continue to build on his legacy and his commitment to education.
Sun Holdings has awarded over $300,000 in awards.
This scholarship program is administered by Scholarship America®. Awards are granted without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, age, gender, disability or national origin.
Camp Corral
provides free summer camp for Military children, ages 8 to 15, across the country. Since its founding, Camp Corral has grown to 20 camps in 16 states, and served over 4,000 children.
Founded in 2011 by Golden Corral founder, James Maynard, Camp Corral is now a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, non-profit corporation based in Raleigh, NC. Building on Golden Corral restaurants' commitment to honoring veterans and military service and their families, founding sponsor Golden Corral has supported Camp Corral since its inception through an in-store fundraising campaign every April and May where they collect donations from their restaurant guests, with 100 percent of the donations going directly toward Camp Corral's programs. In 2013, Golden Corral raised nearly $1.5 million for Camp Corral.
No Kid Hungry Program
Sun Holdings Inc. partnered with Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry program to make ending childhood hunger one of their main philanthropic causes. Every September, our locations across America participate in Share Our Strength’s Dine Out For No Kid Hungry”, a national fundraising event that brings together thousands of restaurants and millions of consumers to help make sure that no child in America grows up hungry. Every dollar that you donate to No Kid Hungry feeds a child up to 10 healthy meals. Together, we can end childhood hunger in America.
Certificates of Achievement
Sun Holdings has implemented the Certificates of Achievement program (COA) to motivate students to learn, grow and excel. The COAs may be utilized for honor roll, attendance, sports, academic or any other extracurricular activities. They are sent out to every school within a 5-mile radius of one of our stores.
