Nathan’s Famous Sponsors BBQ DAY for CMC Kids

As a part of Nathan’s Famous China National Championship Hot Dog Eating Competition back in June, Nathan’s Famous China generously donated 1,000 hot dogs to the children of Compassion for Migrant Children (CMC), a non-profit organization founded to help China’s urban migrant children through social and educational programs.

World-record holding hot dog eating champion Joey Chestnut presented the donation himself in a giant check to the representatives and children of CMC.

To follow through with our commitment, Nathan’s Famous sponsored its first BBQ DAY at CMC’s Ping Xi Fu Center with a donation of 500 hot dogs to approximately 350 children on Wednesday, August 17, 2011.

Transporting ourselves from Nathan’s Wanliu Branch, we packed a van with all our hot dog ingredients, four new BBQ grills (to be donated to the CMC Center as well) and of course our Frankster!  Together, we were ready to share the World’s Best 100% Beef Hot Dogs with a community of children where the majority  had never even heard of a hot dog, much less tasted one before.

Witnessing their all-consuming curiosity spread like wild-fire was thrilling and not only were these children incredibly well-behaved, their level of politeness and genuine gratitude was melting…if course it didn’t hurt that these kids are all absolutely adorable.  Shy at first, by the end of their first Nathan’s hot dog experience, they were running, skipping, jumping, playing with our Frankster, drawing us thank you cards and giving us giant bear hugs.

But in the end, class must resume.  Hugs were given, tears were shed and mutual gratitude was shared before we waved goodbye.

LumDimSum Snapshots of Nathan’s Famous Sponsored BBQ at CMC:

What happens to our Nathan’s Frankster after 4 hours of playing with 350 running, jumping children

About Compassion for Migrant Children (CMC)

“Compassion for Migrant Children (CMC) is a nonprofit organization committed to helping children of migrant workers in Asia and their communities through social and educational programs.  CMC fills a gap in migrant communities by establishing community centers that offer comprehensive, holistic programming to migrant children and their families including vocational skills training, after school programs, teaching training seminars for migrant school teachers and family workshops.”

For more information about Compassion for Migrant Children and how you can donate or volunteer with their social and educational programs, visit their website: http://www.cmc-china.org/