Chicken lovers camp out for chance to win year's worth of Chick-fil-A

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Dozens of people are getting ready for a long night for the chance to score a year's worth of food during the grand opening of two new Chick-fil-A restaurant locations.

Chick-fil-A operators Greg Mapoles and Brandon LaMarque said they will award a year's supply of meals to the first 100 people in line when they open each of two DeKalb County locations Thursday.

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The campers will be hunkering down for the next 24 hours, passing the time while being hosted by Chick-fil-A.

They will be fed breakfast, lunch and dinner with an evening snack. Games, entertainment, prizes and a block party with a lip-sync battle in the evening will also help pass the time.

Some may wonder if people took a day off from work to do it. More importantly, is it worth it? Campers told Channel 2's Tom Regan it was.

At both locations, campers arrived around 4 a.m. Wednesday to secure their spot in line.

“It's not as crazy as you might think; I do (it) for fun. They feed you all day and they have activities all day, so it goes by quickly, believe it or not," said Christina Sanchez.

Sanchez was the first guest registered at North Druid Hills with her tent at 4:30 a.m. This is her fifth campout.

"I was kind of worried at the beginning, with January, the weather was going to really cold," Sanchez said.

“It was cold this morning, but I’ve got layers, heated jacket, long johns,” said Stan Evans.

Bruce Yancey, guest No. 13 at North Druid Hills Road, is a veteran camper and has done close to 30 Chick-Fil-A campouts.

Dave Church, another camper, said it's definitely worth the wait.

"It's Chick-fil-A, you know, free meals for a year, good gracious," Church said. "That's worth camping out for one night, absolutely."

Some say it's not just about chicken.

"Just meeting people, and it is fun to be outside," said Trisha Agan. "It's not too cold, and they have a lot of fun activities to do."

Aaron Hoodin said he is trying to enjoy his spring break.

"We are on spring break so what better way to use our day?" he said.

Those 52 free meals are worth around $380, which campers say isn't just chicken feed.

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