SEATTLE, Nov 12, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Now through Jan. 3, 2010, Restaurants Unlimited, Inc. (RUI) is conducting an aggressive fund-raising campaign for select Children’s Hospital foundations in the communities its restaurants serve. Its goal is to raise $300,000 system wide in kind for the foundations.
The program is simple: For every gift card purchased Nov. 2, 2009 through Jan. 3, 2010 at any RUI restaurant or online, RUI will donate five percent of the purchase amount as in kind to the Children’s Hospital partner for that respective market, to be used for dining-related fundraising activities.
“One of RUI’s guiding principles is ‘We Give,’ and we’re honored to launch this exciting new partnership with a nationwide network of children’s hospitals, to help each one in its own fundraising initiatives that ultimately benefit the medical needs of children,” says Norman Abdallah, Chief Executive Officer of RUI. “Our combined goal of $300,000 can go a long way to help, and it’s a cause we feel is important now more than ever.”
Adding to the program’s allure, guests purchasing gift cards will receive a $10 bonus card (with no expiration) for every $50 increment purchased, representing a 20 percent reward.
Participating cities and their children’s hospital beneficiary partners include: Seattle – Seattle Children’s Hospital; San Francisco – UCSF Children’s Hospital; Portland, Ore.- OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital; Anchorage- Children’s Hospital at Providence; Cincinnati – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center; Dallas – Children’s Medical Center; Honolulu – Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children; Indianapolis – Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St.Vincent; Los Angeles – Childrens Hospital Los Angeles; Minneapolis – Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota; Norfolk, Va.- Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters; Phoenix – Phoenix Children’s Hospital; Pittsburgh – Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC; and Spokane,Wash. – Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital.
About Restaurants Unlimited, Inc.
Restaurants Unlimited (“RUI”) operates 56 award-winning restaurants in twelve states including 15 Kincaid’s Fish, Chop, and Steakhouses; 9 Palomino’s, 9 Stanford’s, 9 Newport Bay and Newport Seafood Grills, 4 Pizzeria Fondi’s and 9 other concepts: Portland City Grill, Palisade, Henry’s 12th Street Tavern, Cutter’s Bayhouse, Scott’s Bar & Grill, Ryan’s Grill, Manzana, Billy Heartbeat’s, and Maggie Bluff’s. For more information, please visit www.r-u-i.com.
At Restaurants Unlimited, one of our guiding principles is showing care and consideration for our Guest and each other. Those words are put into action every day by our Management Teams and Team Members. That includes leading the charge in raising millions for those in need in our communities and country. RUI created Dine for America, the restaurant industry’s largest fundraiser benefiting survivors and their families affected in national emergencies.
SOURCE: Restaurants Unlimited, Inc.
Wilson Public Relations
Tamara Wilson, 206-838-8977
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Restaurants Unlimited, Inc. (RUI)
Josie Wilkes, Marketing Manager, 206-838-1302
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