McDonald's Announces Sponsorship of Third-World Child, Family

	(Chicago) -- May 9, 2001 -- The McDonald's Corporation announced today it has expanded its charitable giving budget. The corporation has signed up with Catholic Charities to sponsor a poor, poverty-stricken third-world family. The money will primarily be used to feed them.
	McDonald's spokesperson Kent Rodgers said, "We are pleased that the efforts	(AP) Ronald McDonald meets the mother in the family his parent company will sponsor. Nihkthlaljrd Yuerkafuj is seen enjoying a Number 2 combo meal with a hot-fudge sundae for dessert.

of our corporation will be put to good use." He was also quick to point out that the one free meal per day that the entire family will share should amount to a total contribution to approximately $650 and will not affect the company's bottom line. "We value our shareholders," Rodgers said. McDonald's is a Fortune-500 company. The recipient family is said to be honored to be selected by the McDonald's Corporation. "There are fewer things my family will enjoy more than a luke-warm hamburger, soggy fries, and a sweet soda-pop day in and day out from this imperial American company. We truly are the envy of the neighborhood," Nihkthlaljrd Yuerkafuj told reporters through a translator. Rodgers also pointed out that, "This contribution, of course, is entirely tax deductible."