World's Finest Chocolate Crosses The $4 BILLION MARK!
On Tuesday, March 14, 2017, World's Finest® Chocolate achieved a major milestone in its company’s fundraising history: $4,000,000,000 in total fundraising sales! This is a remarkable accomplishment that is worth taking time to reflect on.
Back in 1949, north suburban Zion High School asked whether they could sell WFC chocolate bars to raise money for their band, and product fundraising was born!
Helping customers raise $4 Billion in the last sixty-eight years equates to $8 Billion in total sales!
To put this into some context, here’s what $4 Billion looks like to our customers. With that amount of money using today’s pricing, you could pay for:
Annual textbook fees for 23,529,411 high school students
10,958,904 iPads
160,000 school playgrounds
Salaries for 129,032 reading specialists
53,333 school buses
16,000 marching band trips to the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade
As we celebrate this outstanding achievement, I want to acknowledge all that you, the customer, do to support our fundraising business. It all starts with you!
Thank you for being the kind of customer we brag about. Together, we are accomplishing incredible things beyond selling premium chocolate products. Every day, your role contributes to making a difference in the lives of children and adults alike spread across a wide spectrum of organizations - from schools and sports leagues, to churches and charities, and beyond!
Thank you for being the World’s Finest!