12th February 2008: This coming
Saturday 16th February, Wendy’s Kingaroy will be raising money to support
CanTeen – the Australian organisation for young people living with cancer.
Wendy’s Kingaroy will join participating stores across the country in a national fundraising day where
50 cents from the sale of every Smoothie will be donated to CanTeen.
“The fundraising day for CanTeen is being held to celebrate the launch of Wanna-melon – our delicious new Watermelon Smoothie – and our staff will all be proudly supporting this by wearing CanTeen branded bandanas throughout the promotion,” said Wendy’s Kingaroy owner
Marian Petersen. “CanTeen is a fantastic organisation doing wonderful work in our community, so we’re really pleased to be supporting such a worthwhile cause.”
With 1 in 3 men and 1 in 4 women directly affected by cancer in Australia before the age of 75, the work of organisations such as CanTeen is vital.
“CanTeen’s mission is to support, develop and empower young people living with cancer by providing an Australia-wide peer support network for 12-24 year-olds,” Wendy’s CEO
Nicola Milne said. “At Wendy’s we see a lot of people of that age on both sides of the counter so we’re big supporters of the work that CanTeen does.”
A CanTeen donation tin will also be available in-store for customers to make additional donations. The Wanna-melon Smoothie is available for a limited time (from 11th February to the 16th March). A second fundraising day for CanTeen will also be held on
Saturday 1st March.
Photo: Customer Samantha Munt tries the new Wanna-melon Smoothie from Wendy’s staff member Verity Gardner.