Turning Chicken Points Into Kindness: How a Greenwood Couple Is Changing Lives with Chick-fil-A Rewards. For most customers, Chick-fil-A reward points are a means to earn free meals, but for Jay and Judy Brissey, they’ve become a means to give.
This Thanksgiving, the Greenwood couple translated their fondness for the fast-food outlet into an act of generosity that fed dozens in their community. In the last eight years, the Brisseys had banked over 202,000 Chick-fil-A reward points.
“Chick-fil-A has kinda become our second home, I guess, because we eat Chick-fil-A about every day,” said Jay. “I’m usually at Chick-fil-A once a day or twice a day,” Judy added.
This Thanksgiving, the couple managed to use half of their reward points for lunch served to residents at the Burton Center, an institution which caters for people with disabilities and special needs.
“Truth be told, for a lot of these individuals, we are their families,” said Meyata Gould, the day program assistant director for the Burton Center.
Judy, an educator, was personally moved by the experience. “Having been a 96 teacher, I’ve had some of these as my students, and I’ve reconnected with some of them. I’ve gotten a little emotional because it brought back a lot of pleasant memories,” she said.
Jay also thought about how meaningful the act was. “Some of them may not get to go to Chick-fil-A at all. They may just see it on the commercial or something like that,” he said.
The Brisseys plan to bring food to the Connie Maxwell Children’s Home next week on Dec. 5, as they have 101,000 points remaining.
“I don’t do it for the recognition — the only one I want to get recognition is God,” Judy said. “I want Him to get the glory for this, not me.”
The couple ended their day back at Chick-fil-A, ready to rack up more points for future acts of kindness.
