ATLANTA — Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A gave a big check to support a program helping parents, caregivers and families of patients with congenital heart defects a boost.
The popular chicken restaurant was at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta on Friday to present a $100,000 check to support the hospital’s Kids at Heart program.
The funds were raised during the month of September, when Chick-fil-A restaurants in the Atlanta area worked to raise money with their Chocolate Chunk Cookie fundraiser.
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“On behalf of Chick-fil-A Atlanta, we are honored to continue our collaboration with the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s Kids at Heart Program,” Chris Liberatore, the local Owner-Operator of Chick-fil-A Cleveland said. “Witnessing the remarkable unity of our community rallying behind children facing congenital heart defects and their families has been nothing short of awe-inspiring.”
According to a release from a Chick-fil-A spokesman, the Kids at Heart program gives families, caregivers and parents of children with congenital heart defects social, emotional and educational support and is the only program of its kind at a children’s hospital in the U.S.
The $100,000 is the latest donation in a group of donations made by Chick-fil-A to CHOA since 2017, totaling more than $840,000 according to the restaurant company’s announcement.
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