FARMINGTON – W.G. Mallett School held an assembly Tuesday morning to thank the staff and ownership group of the local McDonald’s for raising money to support the school.
In the first weekend in October, the Farmington McDonald’s donated 10 percent of all proceeds to the school as part of its grand opening. Located at the corner of Front and Main, the restaurant was torn down earlier this year as part of a wholesale renovation project. The new building, which is approximately the same square footage but further back from the road, is designed to improve the local traffic pattern and reduce the waiting time of customers through the use of two drive-thru lanes.
Representatives of The Napoli Group, LLC, which owns McDonald’s restaurants throughout the Northeast, and representatives of the local establishment were on hand Tuesday to present Principal Tracy Williams with a check. Larry Johnston, a senior area supervisor with the Napoli Group, said that he expected the donation to be $2,000 or $3,000 “if we did a great job.” Instead, thanks to the hard work of the McDonald’s managers and staff, a “really busy opening day,” plus some extra funds kicked in by Peter Napoli, owner of The Napoli Group, Mallett School received a check for $6,000.
While presenting the check to William, Napoli called the Mallett School a “spectacular” building and described the teachers and principal as “impressive.”
Williams thanked The Napoli Group for “showing kindness,” one of the tenants of the school’s STARS acronym. Teachers had already begun discussing what to do with the money, with possibilities to include additional field trips and hands-on projects for students, as well as iPad applications and books for teachers.
“This allows us to do things that we wouldn’t have been able to do,” Williams said.
McDonald’s had already provided $1,000 to the Farmington Recreation Department. Farmington Recreation Director Matthew Foster said that the funds would be used to reconstitute the town’s beach volleyball field.
Wow that’s a lot of money. Thanks McDonalds!
Incredible!! Thanks to Peter Napoli for “showing kindness” to our wonderful elementary school!
Thank’s Napoli group and MacDonald’s for your support of the community schools.
Congratulations Mallett School.
Kind Regards,
Carol
Gather round kids, the nice marketing people from McDonalds would like to introduce you to their wholesome nutritious products.
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/obesity/facts.htm
Even though McDonald’s is getting a little PR, the fact remains that the money helps
To Disgusting,
Have you done anything to contribute anywhere close to that amount of money to a school? That’s six thousand dollars of value that taxpayers don’t have to spend. It’s true you can’t get a gluten free tofu burger at McDonalds but you can get much less healthy food at most of the local convenience stores, burger joints and pizza shops. So if you are going to blame McDonalds for the obesity problem in our country then blame all the stores that sell hot dogs, soda, pop tarts etc etc. At least at McDonalds you know the caloric content before you even order. And you know it is one of the cleaner kitchens in the area.
Don’t you think it is far more important to celebrate a gift from a business that employs local folks, some of whose children go to Mallet, than to get all snarky. Here’s a suggestion, instead of focusing on the negative why don’t organize you support for the Mallet school cafeteria with donations of fresh vegetables or wholesome drinks.
Though it’s an easy target McDonalds should not be the focus of your outrage. It’s the beverage industry, the meat industry and the Chamber of Commerce that supports them that needs to change. And we must educate them and the folks whose health is affected by their poor food choices.