2009 GRANTS

Do Something
The Dunkin' Brands Community Foundation grant will help Do Something, an organization that encourages America’s youth to get involved in their communities, formalize its disaster relief programs, including developing a new grant program and creating a dedicated disaster relief section on its web site. Every week in 2009, Do Something will provide a young person with a $500 grant to help him or her expand their community’s emergency-response efforts. Additionally, Do Something will conduct a Disaster Preparedness and Response Bootcamp, an in-person training forum for America’s youth.

Feeding America
For the third consecutive year, the Dunkin’ Brands Community Foundation will support Feeding America, the nation’s largest food-bank network, by purchasing a refrigerated trailer and enough food to feed a community in the event of two major disasters. The refrigerated trailer will be the third of its kind provided by the Foundation.

Homes for our Troops
The Dunkin’ Brands Community Foundation will support Homes for Our Troops’ efforts to build specially adapted homes for injured veterans. As a Build a Brigade sponsor, the Dunkin’ Brands Community Foundation will help Homes for Our Troops break ground on 10 new homes throughout America.

The National Volunteer Fire Council
Building on the success of the program in 2008, the Dunkin’ Brands Community Foundation will continue to work with the NVFC, an organization devoted to meeting the needs of the volunteer departments that serve the majority of America. The grants will help NVFC expand its National Junior Firefighter program. With the help of the Dunkin’ Brands Community Foundation, the NVFC will award $5,000 grants to 10 volunteer fire departments to help them start a junior firefighter program or improve an existing program.

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2008 GRANTS

Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest)
The Dunkin’ Brands Community Foundation provided $289,000 to further develop the emergency response efforts of Feeding America, the largest network of food banks in the nation. The grant helped train and create incident command system teams that are poised to respond in the wake of disaster. In addition, the grants also went to building emergency response infrastructure, including a refrigerated box trailer that the organization can use to provide food and supplies to affected communities. The grant builds on the success of a similar $250,000 grant to Feeding America in 2007.

The Leary Firefighters Foundation
The Dunkin’ Brands Community Foundation pledged $25,000 to the Leary Firefighters Foundation to help build a state-of-the-art high-rise simulator at the New York Fire Department’s training facility on Randall’s Island. The simulator will provide firefighters with a facility in which to train in the rescue techniques needed to help the 85 percent of New Yorkers who enter at least one high-rise each day. The Leary Firefighters Foundation provides resources for fire departments so that they can obtain the best available equipment, technology and training.

The National Volunteer Fire Council
The Dunkin’ Brands Community Foundation contributed $389,000 to the National Volunteer Fire Council to help build and expand the organization’s National Junior Firefighter Program. The program worked to increase interest from America’s youth by introducing them to the excitement of the fire and emergency service community. The grant from the Dunkin’ Brands Community Foundation helped the organization expand its communications efforts so it can more effectively share its message with young people.

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2007 GRANTS

Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest)
The grant of more than $250,000 from The Dunkin’ Brands Community Foundation provided an emergency communication system to help the Network of 200 member food banks and food-rescue organizations quickly and seamlessly reach disaster response teams and Network members during times of crisis. The grant also provided two box trailer trucks for disaster response, three disaster preparedness training seminars, strategic planning solutions and a forum to collect best practices and learn from recent disasters.

National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
The nearly $250,000 grant supported the National Fallen Firefighter Foundation’s America’s Fire Heroes Whistle Stop Tour. The tour was the public information component of an education initiative designed to reduce line-of-duty firefighter deaths by 50 percent in the next ten years. The 20-city cross-country tour provided fire safety and prevention information to the public and to local fire departments.