October 6, 2008 | Read Time: 1 minute
To raise concerns about global hunger, a restaurant chain is trying to influence the presidential debate tomorrow night at Belmont University, in Nashville.
The KFC Corporation, in Louisville, Ky., makers of Kentucky fried chicken, says it will donate $20,000 to the United Nations World Food Programme if a participant at the town hall-style meeting “mentions” hunger issues.
“To spur a serious conversation on world hunger, KFC is offering to donate $20,000 to world hunger-relief efforts if anyone mentions the pressing issue during Tuesday’s nationally televised presidential debate,” the company says in a press statement.
To spur interest in local residents who may be invited to the debate, the company has produced a 30-second television ad for the “donation challenge.” It began appearing on local Tennessee television stations today.
