Local Hooters Restaurants Give Back to Local Non Profits

Several Chicagoland area Hooters employees including corporate members, the Schaumburg general manager and Hooters Girls recently participated in local volunteer efforts at Feed My Starving Children and Cradles to Crayons.

Feed My Starving Children is a nonprofit organization that distributes food to third world countries. Donations received are used to fund the meal ingredients. Volunteers including Joe Gozder (general manager at Schaumburg Hooters), Lisa Allen (regional director of Operations), Rachyl Hastline (regional training coordinator) and Stephanie Cruz (marketing coordinator) hand-packed the meals. Meals are donated to Feed My Starving Children food partners around the world.

Cradles to Crayons is a nonprofit organization that provides resources such as school supplies and clothing to homeless and low-income children. Donations are sent to their warehouse and then organized by volunteers. Four Hooters Girls including Korina Clark (Hooters on Wells Street), Ashley Murillo (Chicago- O'Hare Hooters), Julianne Schuster (Chicago- O'Hare Hooters), Sier Smith (Melrose Park Hooters) and Stephanie Cruz (marketing coordinator) had the opportunity to participate in the community outreach opportunity.

"Giving back to our local community is a priority to our organization. Our employees enjoy the opportunity to help others and make an impact year round," said HMC Hospitality Group Chief Marketing Officer Denise Williams.

HMC Hospitality Group owns and operates 22 Hooters Restaurants and five 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 www.facebook.com/originalhooters.