Final Weeks of Summer Food Drive

Popeyes® Partners with America's Second Harvest - The Nation's Food Bank Network - to Serve "A Side of Hope" to Hungry Children during Summer Vacation.

Atlanta (PRWEB) July 23, 2007 -- While summer vacation typically evokes images of fun-filled days free from the drudgery of homework and studying, for less fortunate children around the nation it is a hungry time distinguished by limited or no access to school breakfast and lunch programs. Working together to serve "A Side of Hope" at a time of year when supplies are low at charitable food pantries, Popeyes® Chicken & Biscuits and America's Second Harvest - The Nation's Food Bank Network, have extended their Virtual Food Bank program until Wednesday, Aug. 15.

For every dollar donated online to "A Side of Hope" until Aug. 15, Popeyes and America's Second Harvest can provide six servings of shelf-stable Red Beans & Rice to local food banks. Donations will be kept in each donor's local area. To make a donation and provide much-needed support to hungry children in your area, visit the Popeyes Web site at www.popeyes.com.

About Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits

Founded in 1972 in New Orleans, Popeyes is a leader in the New Orleans segment of the foodservice industry and is the world's second largest quick-service chicken concept. As of April 22, 2007, Popeyes had 1,876 restaurants in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam and 23 foreign countries. For more information, visit Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits' Web site at www.popeyes.com.

About America's Second Harvest

America's Second Harvest - The Nation's Food Bank Network is the largest charitable domestic hunger-relief organization in the country with a network of more than 200 member food banks and food-rescue organizations serving all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The America's Second Harvest Network secures and distributes more than 2 billion pounds of donated food and grocery products annually; and supports approximately 50,000 local charitable agencies operating more than 94,000 programs including food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters, after-school programs and Kids Cafes. Each year, the America's Second Harvest Network provides food assistance to more than 25 million hungry people in the United States including more than 9 million children and nearly 3 million seniors. For more on the America's Second Harvest Network, please visit www.secondharvest.org.

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