Scarborough Faire® Pirates Host "Mutiny Mondays" at Dallas-area Long John Silver's® in May.

Fundraiser to Support Make-A-Wish Foundation

LOUISVILLE, KY (Wednesday, May 04, 2005) - The popular Scarborough Faire® Pirates will host “Mutiny Mondays” at Dallas-area Long John Silver’s® locations beginning Monday, May 9. Long John Silver’s will help the Pirates raise money for their favorite charity, the Make-A-Wish® Foundation.

Long John Silver’s will donate to Make-A-Wish a portion of all gross sales between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. on the four “Mutiny Mondays” – May 9, 16, 23 and 30. In addition to raising money for charity, the pirates will also be “buying” drinks for Long John Silver’s customers.

“The Pirates will be visiting Long John Silver’s restaurants throughout the Dallas area on Mondays in May,” said Roger Menchaca, Long John Silver’s Region Coach. “They’re organizing a ‘mutiny’ at our restaurants because they want free ‘grog’!

“While we won’t be serving ‘grog,’ we will give free soft drinks with any meal purchase to any customers who are visiting one of our restaurants at the same time the pirates are there.”

“Mutiny Mondays” will be held on May 9, 16, 23 and 30 at the more than 50 Long John Silver’s restaurants in the Dallas area. Customers will receive free pirate hats and other buccaneer trinkets, and if the Scarborough Faire pirates are on hand, the drinks are on the house (with any meal purchase).

“The Pirates will be visiting as many Long John Silver’s restaurants as possible on the four ‘Mutiny Mondays,’” Menchaca said. “We’d like to invite all the fans of Scarborough Faire to come out and enjoy some pirate fun, and help us raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.”

Restaurants participating in “Mutiny Mondays” include the Long John Silver’s locations in Dallas, Arlington, Fort Worth, Denton, Lake Worth, Waxahachie, Richardson, Corsicana, Lewisville, Irving, Garland, Paris, Weatherford, Grapevine, Allen, Seagoville, Euless, Pantego, Terrell, Mesquite, Grand Prairie, DeSoto, Palestine, Plano, McKinney, North Richland Hills, Roanoke, Carrollton, Rowlett, Granbury, Cleburne and Sherman.

Long John Silver’s is a sponsor of the 2005 Scarborough Faire Renaissance Festival, a recreated 16th century English Village in the time of King Henry VIII. The Festival is open Saturdays and Sundays through the end of the month, as well as on Memorial Day Monday. There’s something for everyone at the Renaissance Festival, from jousting to swordplay, as well as 200 shops with handcrafted merchandise. There are 20 stages of entertainment to please everyone, whether your entertainment preference is juggling, mime, comedy, music, belly dancing or bagpipes.

Since 1980, the Make-A-Wish Foundation® has enriched the lives of children with life-threatening medical conditions through its wish-granting work. The Foundation's mission reflects the life-changing impact that a Make-A-Wish® experience has on children, families, referral sources, donors, sponsors, and entire communities.

The Make-A-Wish Foundation was founded in 1980 after a little boy named Chris Greicius realized his heartfelt wish to become a police officer. Since its humble beginnings, the organization has blossomed into a worldwide phenomenon, reaching more than 127,000 children worldwide.

Long John Silver’s, Inc. based in Louisville, Kentucky (www.ljsilvers.com), is the world’s most popular quick-service seafood chain, specializing in batter-dipped fish, chicken, shrimp and hushpuppies. Inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic Treasure Island, Long John Silver’s, Inc. was founded in 1969. Today, there are more than 1,230 Long John Silver’s, Inc. restaurants worldwide, and an additional 221 points of distribution in multi-brand restaurants, serving nearly four million customers weekly. Long John Silver’s, Inc. is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc., (NYSE:YUM) the world’s largest restaurant company in terms of system units with more than 33,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries and territories.

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