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Our amazing teams have been busy giving back to their communities through the money raised by the AES Foundation! Thanks to generous guests' giving and fundraising by our incredible Arby's teams in March, our restaurants give back 100% of what is donated back to our communities!  Golden Girl Group Home, Ceredo, WV - Serving girls from ages 12 to 21 dependent, neglected and pre-delinquent girls who are not able to make a successful adjustment in their natural homes or foster care homes. The GGGH strives to help girls overcome their past and grow toward a bright future through educational, recreational, treatment and support services in a warm, loving, and therapeutic environment.  Boys and Girls Home of Sioux City - Serving as a home for orphans and children needing temporary care, a treatment facility for children and adults struggling with emotional, behavioral and/or psychiatric issues as a result of abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, mental health issues or severe family dysfunction.  Norfolk Family Coalition - Builds collaboration among agencies, networks, and the broader community to find innovative solutions to improve the quality of life of people and communities in and around Norfolk, Nebraska.  Makin the Connection, Milledgeville, GA - Organization engages resources to equip, enhance, enable and empower individuals physically, intellectually, economically, spiritually and socially to be productive responsible citizens.  Time Out for Me, Portsmouth, OH - Time Out for Me is dedicated to positively impacting our youth by enhancing their self-esteem through developmental seminars and educational/cultural event.  Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association, Blue Ridge, GA - Veterans who help veteran care facilities provide warm meals, clothing, shelter, and guidance, or to simply say "Thank you" and Welcome Home".  Rosecrance Foundation, Rockford, IL - An organization offering comprehensive, nationally accredited, evidence-based addiction treatment and mental health treatment for children, teens, young adults and adults.  Noah's Hope Rescue - Sioux City, IA - A volunteer-powered nonprofit dedicated to rescuing homeless, neglected, and abandoned animals from certain euthanasia and finding them loving forever homes.  Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Miami Valley: BBBS makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers and youth, ages 6 through 18, in communities across the region, developing positive relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people in the Miami Valley.  Toccoa Life Family Resource Center, Eastanollee, GA: Toccoa Life exists to be a place of hope and healing for women and families in our community. Through the Earn While You Learn program, clients earn resources while taking classes.  Abingdon Little League, Abingdon, VA: Abingdon Little League provides the opportunity for all children in Southwest Virginia, regardless of income, to play Little League baseball and softball. The League's volunteers provide programs for more than 350 kids in the area.  Hope's Place, Ashland, KY: Hope’s Place is a victim-focused, children’s advocacy center that provides a safe atmosphere, lessens trauma and promotes healing by maximizing services through a multi-disciplinary team approach for child victims of sexual abuse. Hope’s Place actively seeks to reduce the occurrence of sexual abuse and heighten awareness through prevention education. 100% of the funds received are used to provide trauma-based services for these families.  Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee - Second Harvest’s programs reach every demographic in East Tennessee. From programs specific to children and seniors, to programs specializing in meeting families’ needs, no one is forgotten if they are hungry.  Shayla Bee Fund, Spencer, IA: The Shayla Bee Fund helps families with a child in medical crisis that can require multiple and/or extended professional treatment, hospitalization, professional home care or specialized medical equipment, and that can have a tremendous financial impact on the family.  Harry Chapin Food Bank of SW FL - The Food Bank rescues and distributes donated food and other grocery products through food distribution programs, feeding more than a quarter of a million people who are hungry each month!  Hope Helps in Kingsport, TN - Helping the community needs by operating a Food Pantry, Clothing Closet, and household items  Isaiah 117 House in Elizabethton, TN - Providing physical and emotional support in a safe and loving home for children awaiting foster care placement  Salvation Army in Fort Myers, FL - Helping the community needs by providing shelter, medical respite, meals, emergency needs, a food pantry, healthcare, and so much more.  The Shelter for Abused Women & Children (Naples, FL) - The Shelter offers two 60-bed emergency shelters in Naples and Immokalee, 9 transitional living cottages, outreach services, school-based prevention programs and training/education classes for businesses and agencies throughout Collier County, FL. All services are provided free of charge.  Gulf Coast Humane Society - The GC Humane Society provides humane care for surrendered animals by offering refuge, providing medical care, and facilitating an adoptive home, taking in more than 3,000 animals in need of compassionate care.  Small Miracles Therapeutic Riding Center (Kingsport, TN) - The Center was founded through love to enhance the physical, emotional, social and cognitive growth of individuals with special needs and disabilities by means of equine-assisted activities and therapies and serves more than 300 individuals each year in the upper Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia regions.  Grand Strand Humane Society - The GSHS, a No-Kill shelter, exists to improve the quality of life to the lost, abandoned, helpless, and homeless animals in the Myrtle Beach, SC community by providing shelter, care, and love.  Lafayette Urban Ministry, Lafayette, IN - Lafayette Urban Ministry serves as a social safety net for individuals, children and families in Tippecanoe County.  Healing Hands Health Center, Bristol, TN - HHHC provides healthcare services for low-income, uninsured, and underinsured individuals in NE TN and SW VA including medical care, dental care, and eye care.  Vietnam Veterans of America 979, Kingsport, TN - VVA provides fellowship for veterans as well as services such as support for life after service, claims assistance, financial advising, job placement, and advocacy.  Big Brothers Big Sisters of Washington County, West Bend, WI - BBBS creates and supports one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.  Cape Coral, FL Animal Shelter - The no-kill shelter provides adoption services, medical care, education and training for the prevention of cruelty and abandonment, and a safe place, where animals will remain in care until they are placed in a qualified, forever home.  Gospel Mission Food Pantry, Marietta, OH - The GMFP provides food, clothing, and supplies pantry for those in need in the Marietta area.  Golisano Children's Hospital of SW FL - Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida delivers vital and lifesaving care for children and their families – from emergency care to behavioral health, surgery to critical care, orthopedics, cancer treatment, cardiology, pediatric neurosurgery and more.  Crayons to Classrooms, Dayton, OH - The Crayons to Classrooms group secures and distributes school supplies at no cost to teachers of students in need. CtoC provides essential supplies to teachers of at-risk students across the Greater Dayton Region.  MA Dailey Foundation, Oak Creek WI: The M.A. Dailey Foundation's mission is teaching local at-risk children, and those with special needs, how to fish in a rural area surrounded by nature and caring volunteers.  VFW Post 9156, Sheboygan, WI: The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is an organization of war veterans committed to ensuring rights, remembering sacrifices, promoting patriotism, performing community services and advocating for a strong national defense. This local chapter runs a kitchen and scholarship program to assist Sheboygan-area residents.  Lizzie the Literacy Bus, Punta Gorda, FL: Provided by Kiwanis Punta Gorda, the mobile bus has provided over 8000 books which line the inside of the bus. The bus is designed to encourage reading. Kids can go on the bus and pick a book they like and take it home, no charge.
 Our Sioux City teams were an integral part in raising funds in 2021 for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Siouxland Teen Center gaming room. 
Makin’ the Connection, a nonprofit whose mission is to remove barriers to success, and Building Readers First, a local tutoring business, have teamed up for a project that will aid them in both their missions. They aim to create a mobile literacy lab they are calling “Read and Ride: The SMARTKID Bus” that will provide reading opportunities for children in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas of the community. A $4,150 donation from the Arby’s AES Foundation will help make that vision a reality in the future.
Read the full article here. AES Restaurant Group Foundation donated $5,700 to LUM. AES operates four ARBY’s in West Lafayette & Lafayette. The staff and leadership at the local Arby’s nominated LUM to receive this gift, which AES makes three times a year. AES & Arby’s is committed to supporting families in their Arby’s communities.
Read the article here.  A large contingent of senior men, including several members of the local Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 979, meet at Arby’s in Colonial Heights every morning. So, when store manager Kathy Evans — her son is an Army veteran — had the opportunity to designate a recipient for charitable donations by her customers, VVA was an easy choice. She and her dedicated staff collected donations for a month. Arby’s customers at the Colonial Heights location contributed nearly $4,000 for the chapter.
John Pollak, Chapter 979 president, earmarked a sizable portion of the donation to the victims of the flood disaster in Kentucky Read the feature here.  The AES Foundation added a disaster relief team for the first time. Hearing about the devastating tornado damage to towns in Kentucky, our owner John Wade immediately volunteered the Foundation’s services to assist. We deployed our mobile Arby’s unit to Mayfield, KY- one of the hardest hit communities. Our amazing team of volunteers teamed up with local KY National Guard , community organizers, local ARG restaurants and ARCOP. This teamwork allowed us to serve over 6,600 meals in 3 days. Special Thanks to our team of Area Supervisors and General Managers who left their families the week before Christmas to serve another community. AES VP Curt Oxyer organized the endeavor, VP Dave Early used his contacts to get us into restricted space and VP Michelle Carter sent strong leaders to help. Arby's Corporate helped AES with supplies, including 6,600 buns needed. We extend a warm thank you to Father Eric Riley pastor of St, Joseph’s Parish whose flock was so badly hit. It is so amazing what a warm heart and a hot roast beef sandwich can do to bring smiles and tears of relief to those in need.
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