Saturday and Sunday June 16th and 17th marked the first annual "Father's Day Frosty Weekend" meant to raise money to support foster care adoption. Though the final numbers aren't in yet, Wendy's Corporation estimates that it met its $1 million goal.

"The money will be used to support the Foundation and its signature program: Wendy's Wonderful Kids (WWK). This program is filling a critical gap by funding and supporting full-time adoption recruiters at local agencies in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to match prospective parents with waiting foster care children."

WWK first launched in 2004 with seven pilot cities. Today, there are 106 recruiters in 88 cities across North America.

Read more at BusinessWire.com.

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