Northern Kentucky Chick-fil-A® restaurants will hold their 12th annual “Stuff The Bus Challenge” to provide supplies to area schools on Thursday, July 17th, 2025, from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Donate five or more school supplies from the list will receive a coupon for a free Chick-fil-A® Original Chicken Sandwich. The annual program continues to grow and Chick-fil-A has collected well over 60,000 school supplies for children in the local community.
Fort Wright, Houston Road, Mall Road and Newport Chick-fil-A Restaurants are accepting donations for all school districts.
What School Supplies To Donate:
Bring any five requested school supplies to receive your free Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich voucher. This year, schools and Chick-fil-A ask that the community only donate these requested items:
• Pencil boxes/pouches
• Dry erase markers
• 1 Inch binders
• Composition notebooks
• 2 Pocket prong folders
Please only bring requested supplies. Chick-fil-A promotional cards available while supplies last. Maximum of three promotional cards per guest.
The state of Kentucky has the 5th highest poverty rate in the country – and the three counties that make-up Northern Kentucky are no exception. Many families can’t afford back to school supplies for their children. Northern Kentucky Chick-fil-A® restaurants, in partnership with Northern Kentucky area school districts, created the “Stuff The Bus Challenge” a friendly competition to provide a fun, easy means for the community to donate school supplies.
“This event provides the majority of school supplies used by the Family Resource Centers for students use throughout the year. It has always been a tremendous help in meeting students’ needs,” said Mandy Munich, Family Resource Coordinator of Kenton County Schools.
“The Chick-fil-A Stuff the Bus Challenge is a great event that benefits our Boone County children. Not only have we received thousands of school supplies through this, we have also experienced the true generosity and compassion of the Boone County Community,” Kathy Reutman, the executive director of student and community services for Boone County Schools.
“Families can feel good about participating in the friendly competition, and even better about giving back to help our school kids get ready for the fall,” said Britton Smith, local owner/operator of the Newport Pavilion Chick-fil-A.
Chick-fil-A operates 19 locally-owned restaurants in the Greater Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky area. Locations include: Anderson Township, Bridgewater Falls, Colerain, Deerfield Crossing, Eastgate, Fairfield, Finneytown, Kenwood Towne Centre, Liberty Way, Mason, Milford, Oakley Station, Springdale, Voice of America, Western Hills, as well as Houston Road and Mall Road in Florence, Ft. Wright and Newport, KY. Two new locations will also be coming to the area later this year. A drive-thru only location will open at 3986 Red Bank Rd. Cincinnati Oh 45227, and a full-service restaurant will open at Union Promenade at 9172 US-42, Union, KY 41091.
For the tenth consecutive year, Chick-fil-A® restaurants once again led all fast-food restaurant chains in overall customer satisfaction, based on the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) 2024 Restaurant Study.
Continuing its founder’s legacy of generosity and service, in 2025 Chick-fil-A’s Remarkable Futures™ scholarship program awarded $27 million in scholarships to restaurant Team Members nationwide. This marks the 52st anniversary of the scholarship program.
In 2025 the company’s philanthropic Chick-fil-A Foundation awarded $6 million to 56 not-for-profit organizations through the True Inspiration Awards. More information on Chick-fil-A is available at www.chick-fil-a.com.
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