Red Robin fund-raiser will benefit crisis nursery

Sun., Feb. 13, 2005

By Jenni McNeish jennifermc@spokesman.com (509) 459-5523

Red Robin restaurants will kick off the fifth annual “Burgers with a Heart” fund-raiser on Monday.

During the benefit for the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery, Spokane’s three Red Robin locations will donate 50 cents from every gourmet burger sold from Monday through Feb. 27.

Monday is celebrity host day and will include appearances by local television personalities at all three area Red Robin restaurants. The celebrities will sell Red Robin hearts for $1, and guests are welcome to decorate and individualize these hearts.

Decorated hearts will be on display in each of the restaurants.

In addition, Spokane-area high schools will participate in the fund-raiser. Each school will host a special night at one of the Red Robin locations, where students will be selling Red Robin hearts for $1.

The high school that raises the most money for the Crisis Nursery will receive the “Spirit with a Heart” traveling trophy, which is currently on display at Mead High School, winner of the 2004 competition.

The Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery is a haven for Spokane-area children who are at risk of abuse or neglect. Visit www.vanessabehan.org for more information.

Doggie valentines to benefit SpokAnimal

Don’t forget your pooch this Valentine’s Day!

Buy him, or her, a bag of homemade doggie biscuits from The Daily Grind Downtown and help the less fortunate at SpokAnimal C.A.R.E.

Lauren Izenberg, owner of The Daily Grind Downtown, which is in the U.S. Bank Building, will bake and sell bags of doggie biscuits for $5 and donate half the proceeds from each sale to SpokAnimal C.A.R.E.

The doggie valentine treats are on sale now and will be available to the end of this month.

For more information, call 744-0220.

‘Sweethearts for Kids’ event

Throughought this month, The Onion restaurants in Spokane will be accepting donations to the Children’s Home Society of Washington.

Each guest who makes a donation will receive a bookmark and “I’m a great kid!” sticker.

The Children’s Home Society of Washington has offered adoption resources, family support, and parents-as-teachers and intensive services for families in need in Northeastern Washington for more than 70 years.

Contact Jan at 747-4174 for more information.

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