Auntie Anne's Helps Feed Hungry Kids in Guatemala

More than 250 children will be fed for a year thanks to the owner of six Auntie Anne’s Pretzels stores in Ohio.

The business partnered with 95.5 FM The FISH Cleveland Morning Show’s co-hosts Len Howser and Brooke Taylor to feed starving children in Guatemala through the relief and development organization Food For The Poor.

The stores’ owner donated 100 percent of the day’s sales.

On June 29, 95.5 FM The FISH Cleveland held a live remote from noon to 2 p.m. at the Auntie Anne’s Pretzels inside the Summit Mall for the radio station’s “Day of Hope” campaign. 

The donations from the campaign will provide meals for children in Food For The Poor-supported orphanages and feeding centers in Guatemala. 

“Knowing that our dollars will go toward helping young children who have little or nothing and feeding them nutritious meals for a whole year is great,” Ray McConnell, owner of the six participating Auntie Anne's Pretzels, said in a news release. “We take so much for granted because we have all of our needs met every day. This realization is one of the things that led me to offer up this day. God has really blessed our business.”

According to McConnell, a total of 1,985 customers ordered food from his eateries – a 4 percent year-over-year increase.

A donation of $44 will feed a child for a year, and $133 will feed three children for a year. Donations to feed starving children also can be made online at http://www.FoodForThePoor.org/auntieanne.