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title: "Franchising Cares!"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/8d95d91f-7558-495a-8847-a76e495e7a93
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/articles/franchising_cares.html
author: "Eddy Goldberg"
category: "Franchise Industry"
industry: "Franchise Industry"
published: 2020-06-14T08:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:33:26.156Z
image: https://imgs.franchising.com/art/articles/5406_plate.jpg
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# Franchising Cares!

**TL;DR:** Franchisors, franchisees, and their employees gave back to their communities and those in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. Various brands such as Ruby Tuesday, Raising Cane's, and Hyatt provided relief efforts, including food donations and free vacations for healthcare workers.

*By Eddy Goldberg, originally published in Franchising.com on 2020-06-14. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/articles/franchising_cares.html).*

## Story

We couldn’t publish a Covid-19 special edition without including something about how franchisors, franchisees, and their employees stepped up during the past several months to give back – to their communities, to medical workers, to first responders, and simply to people who needed a helping hand during a tough time. Despite their own difficulties and personal concerns, these individuals and organizations are another kind of hero, and we want to recognize and salute them. These news items, taken directly from our Covid-19 Report newsletters, are only a partial list of all the good franchising has done during this crisis.

So hats off – and thank you! – to *all* the brands and individuals in franchising who stepped up to help in a time of crisis. Ruby Tuesday Expands Covid-19 Community Relief Efforts Raising Cane’s Distributes a Crew Bonus of $2 Million as It Does Well During Covid-19 Hyatt Teams Partners with American Airlines To Offer NYC Healthcare Workers a Free Vacation KFC Donates 1.

2 Million Pounds of Food to Food Banks Krystal Steps Up to Feed Front-Line Workers H&R Block Launches Service To Help Small Businesses Navigate CARES Act Options Aaron’s Delivers PPE and Mattresses to Navajo Nation To Support Covid-19 Relief Farmer Boys Launches 2 Charity Initiatives To Feed Healthcare Workers & Support Feeding America Jersey Mike’s Donates 20% of Sales to Feeding America Title Boxing Launches Title Fights for Nurses Campaign for National Nurses Week Chick-fil-A Launches $10.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Franchise Industry (sector)
- Eddy Goldberg (person)
- KFC (company)
- Chick-fil-A (company)
- community support (topic)
- Jersey Mike's (company)
- Hyatt (company)
- H&R Block (company)
- Raising Cane's (company)
- Krystal (company)
- Farmer Boys (company)

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Originally reported by Eddy Goldberg, Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/articles/franchising_cares.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/8d95d91f-7558-495a-8847-a76e495e7a93).