20 Texas Roadhouse restaurants participate in tornado recovery fundraiser
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Eating for a good cause – that's what people are doing Tuesday at Texas Roadhouse restaurants across the state. 20 locations are holding a fundraiser for the people impacted by the tornadoes that devastated the Indian Lake Community this month. Employees said they’ve had a wait since they opened. 100% of [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Eating for a good cause – that's what people are doing Tuesday at Texas Roadhouse restaurants across the state.
20 locations are holding a fundraiser for the people impacted by the tornadoes that devastated the Indian Lake Community this month.
Employees said they’ve had a wait since they opened. 100% of the profits made here and the other locations will go to the tornado relief fund.
The storms happened on March 14. Three people died and many more are left without a home or business.
Employees said their phones have been ringing all day with people interested. Dine-in and take-out orders are included.
“Some people think, you know, I only have maybe 30, 40 dollars and donating that to the fund might not be the greatest impact. But if you're just able to come in and eat, you have to do it no extra like work. We do everything else for you. We take all those percentages and donate it right back to them,” said Shelby Jones, the store marketer at Texas Roadhouse on Hilliard Rome Road. “So just making it easy and making everybody feel like the community feel like they get to contribute and you know, helping the community as a whole.”
Jones said visitors should check the mobile app before coming, to see wait times and add their name to the list. The fundraiser is going on until 10 p.m. Tuesday night.