The KFC Foundation offered a $20,000 college scholarship through a Twitter campaign from November 16-26, 2010. High school seniors were asked to tweet in 140 characters or less about why they exemplify Colonel Sanders' commitment to education and communities. The goals were to appeal to social media-savvy youth, drive traffic to KFC's Twitter, and generate free media mentions. Over 1,000 media placements reportedly reached 60 million people. However, the campaign only received 2,800 tweets, less than one person per county. The winning tweet praised the scholarship as the "secret ingredient" needed to complete their success.