Nashville, TN – Exploring Higher Education
31 teens visited seven colleges in four days on the Taco Bell Keystone College Tour March 2009. Teens participated in a college readiness program prior to embarking on the tour, which stopped at:

• Rice University campus
• Texas A&M Campus
• University of Texas at Arlington
• Texas Southern University
• Philander Smith College
• Houston Baptist University
• Southern Methodist University

San Diego, CA:  Community Service Experience
The Taco Bell Foundation for Teens’ Leadership Camp is a partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego to provide teens with a leadership-building, weekend retreat during the winter season.  Since 2003, more than 1,200 members have benefited from this program. Club teens travel to Camp Cedar Glen in Julian, CA. where they attend workshops and seminars to enhance skills such as team building; learning how to be independent thinkers; and discussing ways to withstand the stresses of peer pressure.

Teen Job Shadowing at Taco Bell Restaurant Support Center
Each year, the Foundation brings Boys & Girls Club teens to Its Irvine, CA Restaurant Support Center to interact with employees and highlight the many career opportunities within the quick service restaurant industry.