Chick-fil-A welcomes home deployed sailors with free chicken sandwiches
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Channel: WKRG · 2018 · News & Politics
CHICK-FIL-A CELEBRATED VETERANS DAY WITH A SPECIAL WELCOME HOME FOR DEPLOYED NAVY SAILORS. --VO SCRIPT-- HUNDREDS OF FREE SANDWICHES WERE HANDED OUT TO SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AT MAYPORT NAVAL STATION IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. THE SAILORS RETURNED HOME ON SATURDAY AFTER SPENDING SEVEN MONTHS DEPLOYED AT SEA IN SCANDINAVIA. SOME HAD TO STAY ON DUTY UPON ARRIVAL AND COULDN'T LEAVE THE SHIP, BUT CHICK-FIL-A MADE SURE THEY WERE FED. THE COMPANY SAYS THE HUGE GIVE-A-WAY BEGAN WITH A TEXT MESSAGE BETWEEN TWIN BROTHERS BRENNAN AND SHELDON SCOGGINS. BRENNAN IS A NAVY SAILOR AND SHELDON WORKS AS A BUSINESS ANALYST FOR CHICK-FIL-A'S ATLANTA HEADQUARTERS. THE SCOGGINS FAMILY COORDINATED WITH NAVY PARENTS, LOCAL EMPLOYEES AND THE CHICK-FIL-A FOUNDATION TO PUT THE ENTIRE THING TOGETHER.
