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Good Deed: Dunkin’ foundation donates grants to local Tennessee food banks

Contributed photo/Throughout the month of March, Dunkin' of Tennessee provided the Red Cross with 13,000 coupons for a free donut to thank blood donors in the region.
Contributed photo/Throughout the month of March, Dunkin' of Tennessee provided the Red Cross with 13,000 coupons for a free donut to thank blood donors in the region. Contributed photo/Throughout the month of March, Dunkin' of Tennessee provided the Red Cross with 13,000 coupons for a free donut to thank blood donors in the region.

In celebration of National Volunteer Week, Dunkin’ of Tennessee and its Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation, the charitable organization supported by Dunkin’ and its franchisees, guests, vendor partners and employees, donated $4,000 in grants to local Tennessee food banks, along with a donation of coffee and donuts.

These local Tennessee food banks are just four of the 100 organizations to receive a hunger relief grant from the Dunkin’ foundation. This donation stems from the foundation’s $100,000 gift to Feeding America to celebrate National Volunteer Week and honors both the Week of Joy volunteers and volunteer sites that were recipients of the foundation’s hunger relief grants in 2020.

The Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation gave more than $5 million to child health and hunger organizations in 2020.

Katie Gaston, marketing manager of Dunkin’ Integrated