From staff reports
Parker’s Kitchen recently donated $75,000 to the Beaufort County School District (BCSD) as part of the company’s Fueling the Community program. BCSD Superintendent Frank Rodriguez accepted the donation on behalf of area teachers and students at a check presentation at the Beaufort Board of Education meeting September 29 on Hilton Head Island.
The Fueling the Community charitable initiative donates a percentage of gas sold at all Parker’s and Parker’s Kitchen locations on the first Wednesday of each month to area schools. Part of the Parker’s Kitchen donation to the Beaufort County School District will help support the district’s annual “Support Person of the Year” recognition program, which honors school nurses, social workers, bookkeepers, office managers, teacher assistants, school secretaries, bus drivers and technology and data specialists.
“At Parker’s Kitchen, we believe that education has the power to transform communities by increasing literacy rates, reducing crime and creating future leaders,” Parker’s Kitchen Community Outreach Manager Olivia Parker said in a news release. “Through our Fueling the Community program, we’re honored to support the hard-working teachers and dedicated staff members in Beaufort County.”
Parker’s Kitchen is donating $380,000 to public and private schools in Georgia and South Carolina this fall and has given more than $2 million to area schools since the inception of the Fueling the Community program in 2011.th Carolina and Georgia and completes more than 120,000 transactions daily.
For more information about the Parker’s Fueling the Community program and the company’s commitment to charitable giving, visit parkerskitchen.com.
