This summer, Fazoli’s will leverage the passion people have for its breadsticks to help an important national cause.Fazoli’s and Feed The Children, a non-profit hunger relief organization, have come together for theFazoli’s Breadstick Tour, making stops in 15 markets to raise awareness of and funds for childhood hunger.The tour officially kicks off in Lexington, Kentucky, on June 21 as theBreadstick Express, a customized food truck capable of baking hundreds of breadsticks, rolls into town.
After the kickoff in Lexington, the Fazoli’s Breadstick Tour will head to Dayton.The tour will then go to Indianapolis, Evansville, Paducah, Kansas City, St. Louis, Colorado Springs, Denver, Lincoln, Omaha, Des Moines, Madison, and Green Bay. It will finish up in South Bend on August 14.
Tony Sellars, Feed The Children’s Director of Communications, is excited about the tour.
“In the summer, people don’t think about childhood hunger,” says Sellars.”But, this is the time when the need is the greatest because school is out and school lunches are not available.The Fazoli’s Breadstick Tour will raise awareness that the need is great.”
Those who can’t attend can follow the tour online.A tab onwww.facebook.com/fazolis will update fans on each tour stop.Breadstick Ambassadors, who will be driving the food truck, will also be tweeting and posting pictures on Facebook for their fans to enjoy.
Posted by Ann Chen
Edited by Melanie Figueroa
06/27/12