WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) — An event is coming back for its second year to help area food pantries in the winter.
Peyton’s Promise, a D.C. Everest based non-profit group has brought back the “Eat for the Hungry” event. The event will be held on Thursday, December 12th in the Wausau area. Vice President of Peyton’s Promise and D.C. Everest junior Danni Langseth is the organizer of the event.
Langseth describes how the event works on Thursday. “Restaurants in our Wausau area community donate 15% of their sales to our organization on this day.
“It’s all day long, so feel free to go out and grab a cup of coffee at one of the participating coffee places. Have lunch with your coworkers, dinner with your family. Anything that you can do will help us out.”
Last year the event had only had a few restaurants participating. But this year Langseth says over a dozen restaurants are apart of the event. “The returning restaurants are Basil, Becca’s, Condor’s, Brews Brothers, Sams Pizza, and Polito’s Pizza.
“And the new restaurants that have jumped on board are Benvenuto’s, City Grill, Clean Slate Coffee Company, Eagle’s Nest Restaurant, Pizza Ranch, Sconni’s Alehouse and Eatery, Trailside Sports Bar and Grill, and Wausau Mine Company.”The main goal for the event is to raise funds for food pantries to have help after the holiday season. The money will support over 50 organizations during the dead period of the year for food pantries. It also helps to make the pantries self-sustainable.
There’s also a little extra incentive to participate if you want to win a Pura Vida bracelet. Peyton’s Promise has started selling the bracelets as a fundraiser. But Langseth says their running a social media contest to win one during the event on Thursday.
“So if you post a picture from Eat for the Hungry at any of the restaurants tomorrow. And you use the hashtag Eat for the Hungry 2019, and the hashtag Peyton’s Promise, you have the chance to win a free Peyton’s Promise Pura Vida bracelet.”
The event runs all day on Thursday during business hours at the participating restaurants. Last year the event raised over $2,000 and Langseth says the non-profit is hoping to double that total during 2019.
