Subway restauarants raising funds for Heifer International project

LACONIA — Select Subway restaurants in New Hampshire announced today a fundraiser for Heifer International that will run until Christmas Eve.

Five Subway restaurants will be matching $5,000 of customer's donations to Heifer International, both on-line for Team Subway 2012 and in the stores. Each store will have a children's drawing, along with a gift basket display complete with books, shirts and toys that will be given away. It's free for customers to enter to win the gift basket, and customers are encouraged to enter more than once.

"We're eager for this fundraiser to kick off," said Jim Rood, a Subway restaurants franchisee who owns all five stores participating in the fundraiser. "Heifer International and its mission of ending hunger and poverty, is important to us here at Subway. We are thrilled to match $5,000 of customer's donations to Heifer International to show our support for its cause."

Rood's stores locations that will be participating in this fundraiser are the following: Laconia (603-527-6222); Belknap Mall (603-527-6002); Franklin (603-934-4391); Fisherville in Concord (603-753-1077) and Main Street in Concord (603-225-5955). For additional information with regard to this fundraiser, stop by one of the participating stores.

Heifer International began in 1944 and works closely with communities to end hunger and poverty with gifts of livestock, trees, seeds and extensive training to families who are in need of food.

"We are hopeful that our customers help us with this important fundraiser," noted Rood. "Helping those who are living in hunger is important to us here at Subway, and we couldn't think of a better organization to partner with than Heifer International."

For additional information, please contact Kate Luneburg of NL Partners at 207-775-5251 ext. 26 or kluneburg@nlpartners.com.