{"id":57116,"date":"2017-09-15T16:19:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T20:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/ninas-exploradoras-de-nueva-jersey-ganan-insignia-gracias-a-duena-local-de-mcdonalds\/"},"modified":"2017-09-15T16:22:02","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T20:22:02","slug":"ninas-exploradoras-de-nueva-jersey-ganan-insignia-gracias-a-duena-local-de-mcdonalds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/ninas-exploradoras-de-nueva-jersey-ganan-insignia-gracias-a-duena-local-de-mcdonalds\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Girl Scouts Earn Cooking Badge Thanks to Local McDonald&#8217;s Owner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">ISELIN, N.J.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 15, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Local McDonald&#8217;s owner and good neighbor, <span class=\"xn-person\">Jessica Quintana<\/span>, helped scouts from the Girl Scouts Heart of <span class=\"xn-location\">New Jersey<\/span> earn the Simple Meals cooking badge on <span class=\"xn-chron\">September 14<\/span> at her <span class=\"xn-location\">Newark<\/span> restaurant. The event allowed leaders the opportunity to help their scouts develop valuable cooking skills such as assembling quick, yet balanced meals for any time of the day.\u00a0Simple Meals is a legacy badge for Girl Scout Juniors (ages 9-11). The purpose of the badge is to learn how to create a meal for family and friends.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgff75left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgff75left\" title=\" \" border=\"0\" alt=\" \" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/556979\/McDonalds_New_York_Tri_State_Restaurants_Girl_Scouts.jpg \"\/><\/div>\n<p>The group of about 20 scouts arrived with their parents and scout leaders at the restaurant where they were greeted by the McDonald&#8217;s owner, crew members and <span class=\"xn-person\">Ronald McDonald<\/span>. After a tour of the kitchen, the scouts were divided into groups and assigned to a station where they completed a series of steps that consisted of assembling various McDonald&#8217;s menu items such as the Fruit &amp; Maple Oatmeal, Crispy Chicken Snackwrap, Fruit N&#8217; Yogurt Parfait and a Side Salad with Chicken. After the scouts stopped by all stations, a ceremony was held where they each received their Simple Meals cooking badge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We admire the Girls Scouts for their dedication to teaching girls about leadership, adventure and success as they grow up to someday make the world a better place. We were honored to host such an impressive group of scouts and are thankful to the Girl Scouts Heart of <span class=\"xn-location\">New Jersey<\/span> for allowing us to be a part of this joyous event,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Jessica Quintana<\/span>, McDonald&#8217;s Owner\/Operator. &#8220;Our aim is to continue working with the organization to ensure we reach more girl scouts across <span class=\"xn-location\">New Jersey<\/span> and the Tri-State area.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Simple Meals Cooking badge is a popular and fun badge for the scouts to earn. We are grateful to McDonald&#8217;s for opening their doors and ensuring that our girls have a blast while learning to make some of their favorite menu items,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Barbara Wilson<\/span>, Community Partner Specialist for The Girl Scouts Heart of <span class=\"xn-location\">New Jersey<\/span>. &#8220;All the girl scouts completed the exercise knowing how to prepare healthful meals for themselves and loved ones.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Over the past several years, McDonald&#8217;s has made significant food quality changes, such as removing artificial preservatives from McNuggets, committing to cage-free eggs by 2025 in the U.S. and <span class=\"xn-location\">Canada<\/span>, and only serving chicken made from chickens not treated with antibiotics important to human medicine. In May of this year, McDonald&#8217;s announced that its soft serve is no longer contains any artificial colors, flavors or preservatives.<\/p>\n<p>McDonald&#8217;s and the Girls Scouts Heart of <span class=\"xn-location\">New Jersey<\/span> will work together and coordinate additional events throughout <span class=\"xn-location\">New Jersey<\/span>. The goal is to help 300 scouts earn badges in different cooking categories by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p><b>About McDonald&#8217;s New York Tri-State Restaurants <br \/><\/b>McDonald&#8217;s is one of the world&#8217;s best-known brands and is a global leader in food service. There are nearly 600 McDonald&#8217;s restaurants, owned by 100 franchisees, located throughout the <span class=\"xn-location\">New York<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">New Jersey<\/span> and Connecticut Tri-State area. Visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mcdonaldsnytristate.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.McDonaldsNYTriState.com<\/a> or follow us on Twitter @McDNYTriState for more information about other McDonald&#8217;s area programs.<\/p>\n<p><b>About McDonald&#8217;s<br \/><\/b>McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">USA<\/span>, LLC, serves a variety of menu options made with quality ingredients to approximately 25 million customers every day.\u00a0Nearly 90 percent of McDonald&#8217;s 14,000 U.S. restaurants are independently owned and operated by businessmen and women. Customers can now log online for free at approximately 11,500 participating Wi-Fi enabled McDonald&#8217;s U.S. restaurants. For more information, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mcdonalds.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.mcdonalds.com<\/a>, or follow us on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McDonalds\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/McDonalds\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/556979\/McDonalds_New_York_Tri_State_Restaurants_Girl_Scouts.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/556979\/McDonalds_New_York_Tri_State_Restaurants_Girl_Scouts.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  McDonald&#8217;s New York Tri-State Restaurants<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">ISELIN, N.J.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 15, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Local McDonald&#8217;s owner and good neighbor, <span class=\"xn-person\">Jessica Quintana<\/span>, helped scouts from the Girl Scouts Heart of <span class=\"xn-location\">New Jersey<\/span> earn the Simple Meals cooking badge on <span class=\"xn-chron\">September 14<\/span> at her <span class=\"xn-location\">Newark<\/span> restaurant. 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