Five Schools Nationwide Win $5,000 in Technology Products through Participation in Lead2Feed
January 13 2015 - 9:56AM
Business Wire
The schools are completing innovative projects
to end hunger in their communities
Five teachers at middle and high schools from around the country
were selected as recipients of the Lead2Feed Leadership Awards and
awarded $5,000 in technology products for their classrooms. The
teachers and their classrooms are participants in Lead2Feed, a
unique service-learning program that engages students in solving
local hunger issues while building valuable skills like leadership
and teamwork. Lead2Feed is a Common Core-aligned
program developed by the USA TODAY Charitable Foundation, with
support from the Lift a Life Foundation, and the Yum! Brands
Foundation.
The winners were randomly selected from registered teachers who
completed and entered their Lead2Feed World Hunger Challenge
projects by December 2014. These student-led projects, in
partnership with local hunger relief organizations, range from
volunteering at a food pantry to authoring a children’s book about
hunger to delivering care packages to families in need. Another
drawing for $5,000 in technology products will be held in March.
The technology grants are underwritten by the Yum! Brands
Foundation and will be used to obtain tablets and computers
which will aid educators and students in their efforts to make
meaningful change in their communities.
The winning schools include:
- Eisenhower High School – Lawton,
Oklahoma
- First Colonial High School – Virginia
Beach, Virginia
- Harlan County High School Gifted
Leadership Program – Harlan, Kentucky
- McDowell Intermediate High School –
Erie, Pennsylvania
- The Baylor School – Chattanooga,
Tennessee
Since 2012, nearly half a million middle and high school
students at more than 2,500 schools and clubs have participated in
the Lead2Feed World Hunger Leadership Challenge. Schools that
complete hunger relief projects through the Program are eligible to
win over $250,000 in prize money for their charitable partners.
The Program incorporates the Lead2Feed curriculum and
the leadership principles from the book, TAKING PEOPLE WITH YOU:
The Only Way to Make BIG Things Happen, by David Novak, Yum!
Brands’ Executive Chairman, which teaches that you’ll never
make big things happen until you get people on your side.
“Lead2Feed provides educators with a turnkey service-learning
experience for students that teaches collaboration, communication,
critical thinking and creativity,” said Diane Barrett, president of
the USA TODAY Charitable Foundation. “We are thrilled to award
these participating schools with $5,000 in technology products to
enrich the classroom experience and encourage their involvement in
fighting hunger across the country.”
For program updates and information, follow Lead2Feed:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Lead2Feed
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadtoFeed
Instagram: http://instagram.com/leadtofeed
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/leadtofeed/
Complete rules and details on the Leadership Awards are
available at:
http://lead2feed.com/the-challenge/project-submission-rules/
About Lift a Life Foundation
The Lift a Life Foundation was established in 1999 by David and
Wendy Novak. The mission of the Lift a Life Foundation is to lead
the way with innovative programs that help people in need and
develop future leaders. The Foundation focuses on creative
partnerships that make a lasting impact in the primary areas of
hunger relief, early childhood education, juvenile diabetes,
military family support and leadership development. Since Lift a
Life Foundation began, it has helped thousands of people in need
through grants and programming support. David Novak is Executive
Chairman of Yum! Brands, one of the world’s largest restaurant
companies with over 41,000 KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut restaurants
in more than 125 countries and territories, and author of the New
York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling book, TAKING PEOPLE
WITH YOU: The Only Way to Make BIG Things Happen. He has been
recognized as “2012 CEO of the Year” by Chief Executive magazine,
one of the world’s “30 Best CEOs” by Barron’s, one of the “Top
People in Business” by FORTUNE and one of the “100 Best-Performing
CEOs in the World” by Harvard Business Review. In the spring, he
will receive the prestigious 2015 Horatio Alger Award for his
commitment to philanthropy and higher education and become a
lifetime member of the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished
Americans. He is the recipient of the 2012 UN World Food Program
Leadership Award for Yum! Brands World Hunger Relief effort that
raises awareness, volunteerism and funds to address this global
problem. He also received the national 2008 Woodrow Wilson Award
for Corporate Citizenship. He is on the board of directors of the
Yum! Brands Foundation and World Food Program USA. Wendy Novak is a
lifelong philanthropist and volunteer. She served on the board of
Directors for the Kentucky Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes
Research Foundation.
About Yum! Brands Foundation and Yum! Brands
Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, is one of the
world’s largest restaurant companies with over 41,000 restaurants
in more than 125 countries and territories. Yum! Brands is ranked
#216 on the FORTUNE 500 List with revenues of over $13 billion and
in 2014 was named among the top 100 Corporate Citizens by Corporate
Responsibility Magazine and one of the Aon Hewitt Top Companies for
Leaders in North America. The Company's restaurant brands - KFC,
Pizza Hut and Taco Bell - are the global leaders of the chicken,
pizza and Mexican-style food categories. Yum! Brands is a leader in
international retail development, opening on average over five new
restaurants per day outside the U.S. in 2013.
About USA TODAY Charitable Foundation
The USA TODAY Charitable Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization,
supports and builds alliances that enhance innovative,
instructional programs and community outreach by providing the
resources to promote opportunities and inspire all. It welcomes
participation in efforts to engage, enlighten and inspire today’s
students and educators by opening their classrooms to the real
world. The Foundation seeks funding from other foundations, private
companies and organizations to help provide educational programs
for elementary, secondary schools, community colleges and/or
programs in specific disciplines or curriculum areas. The
Foundation works with interested parties to collaborate on the
creation of an educational program that meets the mission and goals
for respective companies or organizations.
Weber ShandwickDana Metz,
312-988-2378dmetz@webershandwick.com
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