Ke­jan Haynes

KFC will give away seedlings at all its lo­ca­tions to­day in cel­e­bra­tion of Cor­pus Christi.

In all, KFC will hand out as many as five thou­sand seedlings the com­pa­ny said.

"Cus­tomers vis­it­ing any KFC restau­rant will re­ceive com­pli­men­ta­ry seedlings," KFC said in a re­lease. "By pro­vid­ing these seedlings, KFC hopes to in­spire in­di­vid­u­als to re­con­nect with na­ture and in­stil a sense of re­spon­si­bil­i­ty to­ward the en­vi­ron­ment."

"At KFC, we are com­mit­ted to mak­ing a dif­fer­ence in the lives of our cus­tomers and the world we all share," said Roger Ramb­harose (VP – KFC & Piz­za Hut). "By shar­ing these seedlings, we hope to in­spire our cus­tomers to em­brace the con­cept of grow­ing as much of our food as we can. We be­lieve that every plant rep­re­sents a step to­wards a sus­tain­able and thriv­ing fu­ture for all."

KFC says this is the first in a se­ries of ac­tiv­i­ties tar­get­ed at pre­serv­ing the en­vi­ron­ment. The next event will be a hike and plant ac­tiv­i­ty. The com­pa­ny says it is com­mit­ted to plant­i­ng 1,500 trees on La­dy Chan­cel­lor Hill with­in the next week and over 5000 be­fore the end of year.