Camp Fire USA: Omaha, Nebraska

Restaurant Fundraisers Pair Good Food, Good Will

June 14th, 2007

Omaha World-Herald, June 13, 2006

BY JOHN KEENAN
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

It wasn’t just the greens in the salad bar that drew a crowd to the Amazing Pizza Machine’s grand-opening event.

It was the green—as in dollars—the restaurant planned to donate to local charities.

As part of their grand-opening festivities, restaurants increasingly are hosting fundraisers for local nonprofits.

The Amazing Pizza Machine brought in contributors to three charities – the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Heartland Family Service and Camp Fire USA Midlands Council – as well as children for its April event.

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