Hooters to Donate One-Third of All Chicken Wing Sales in February to Holy Family School
During the entire month of February, the 11 Chicagoland Hooters locations will donate one-third of all chicken wing sales on Thursdays to Holy Family School. The Hooters Wings for the Kids Program started in Chicagoland in 1992. Since then it has raised over $869,857 for Holy Family School. The money raised funds tuition, technology and books for children living in under-resourced communities. Holy Family School is located in Homan Square on the west side of Chicago.
Participating Chicagoland Hooters locations for Wings for the Kids include:
Hooters of Countryside (5925 S. LaGrange Road, Countryside)
Hooters of Downers Grove (1303 Butterfield Road, Downers Grove)
Hooters of Fox Valley (4395 Fox Valley Center Drive, Aurora)
Hooters of Joliet (3301 Hennepin Drive, Joliet)
Hooters of Lansing (17060 S. Torrence Avenue, Lansing)
Hooters of Melrose Park (2503 W. North Avenue, Melrose Park)
Hooters of Oak Lawn (9159 S. Cicero Avenue, Oak Lawn)
Hooters of Orland Park (15300 S. LaGrange Road, Orland Park)
Hooters of O'Hare (8225 W. Higgins Road, Chicago)
Hooters of Schaumburg (1110 N. Perimeter Drive, Schaumburg)
Hooters on Wells Street (660 N. Wells Street, Chicago)
Holy Family School was established in 1985 to offer a high-quality education for minority students in Chicago's low-income neighborhoods. Holy Family provides a learning environment that nurtures intellectual, spiritual, social, emotional and physical growth for students Preschool through 8th Grade. ALL proceeds directly support the children of Holy Family, by funding scholarships and after school programs.
"The generous support of Hooters could not come at a better time. Our children and families gratefully receive their assistance for academic scholarships and much needed services such as counseling and tutoring. It is during times like this that we more fully discover the true strength of 'togetherness' and we thank Hooters for being a part of the Holy Family 'Family,'" stated Cheryl Collins, Holy Family School CEO.
"We started the Wings for Kids Initiative in the Chicagoland area 30 years ago to help raise funds to support children's education in our community. Being an active participant in our community including helping children and education is a priority of Hooters," said HMC Hospitality Group Chief Marketing Officer Denise Williams. In 2021, the Wings for the Kids program raised $50,524. In addition, Hooters employees have volunteered at the school.
"In the small town of Waverly, Iowa in the 1960's, my friends attending the teen activities at Luther League every Sunday night included the future founder of Hooters, Ed Droste. Many years later, I called him to see if he would help our little school in the heart of the Chicago Cabrini Green housing projects, where we yearned for a better education for the children," recalls Dr. Susan Infelt Work, CEO Emeritus of Holy Family School. "Ed said yes, and the Hooters' tradition of caring and sharing was launched".
HMC Hospitality Groupowns and operates 22 Hooters Restaurants and 5 Hoots locations in Tampa Bay and Chicagoland. Hooters came to Chicagoland in 1991. For more information about HMC Hospitality Group please visit www.originalhooters.com or follow us at Twitter @originalhooters, Instagram @originalhooters and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/originalhooters.
To learn more about Holy Family and how you can help contact Cynthia Schmidt at cschmidt@hfm.org and/or link our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/HolyFamilyChi/.