Hadiya Pendleton Foundation Gets 'A Substantial Amount ' Of Support From McDonald's Owner

Hadiya Pendleton Foundation Gets Big Support From McDonald's Owner
CHICAGO, IL - DECEMBER 14: Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton holds a picture of her daughter Hadiya, 15, during a gathering of gun violence victims and gun control advocates at Cornell Square Park on the anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting December 14, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Thirteen people, including a three-year-old boy, were wounded when gunmen opened fire on a crowd gathered at the basketball courts in Cornell Square Park in September. Twenty children and 6 adults were killed when a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook School. Hadiya was shot and killed while hanging out with friends in a park after school on January 29, 2013, one week after performing at President Barack Obama's second inauguration. Hadiya is 1 of more than 400 people who have been murdered in Chicago so far this year, most by gunfire. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL - DECEMBER 14: Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton holds a picture of her daughter Hadiya, 15, during a gathering of gun violence victims and gun control advocates at Cornell Square Park on the anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting December 14, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Thirteen people, including a three-year-old boy, were wounded when gunmen opened fire on a crowd gathered at the basketball courts in Cornell Square Park in September. Twenty children and 6 adults were killed when a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook School. Hadiya was shot and killed while hanging out with friends in a park after school on January 29, 2013, one week after performing at President Barack Obama's second inauguration. Hadiya is 1 of more than 400 people who have been murdered in Chicago so far this year, most by gunfire. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

KENWOOD — The parents of slain teenager Hadiya Pendleton will be presented with a donation Friday from a McDonald's franchise owner to help benefit a foundation named in their daughter's honor.

"I won't say how much the check is for, but I will say it is for a substantial amount," said Yolanda Travis, who owns two McDonald's restaurants. "This money will go toward the Hadiya Pendleton Foundation, which I know will do good things for our youths as time goes on."

Hadiya's mother, Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton, said the pending donation was much appreciated.

"I thank [Travis] from the bottom of my heart for supporting our cause on behalf of our daughter Hadiya," Cowley-Pendleton said. "We are grateful for her support and any support people can provide us."

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