TAYLORS, S.C. – FATZ® acknowledges the continued charitable work of Operating Partner Warren Snell and his efforts to serve the Florence community. The South Carolina Association of School Resource and DARE officers recently honored Snell as the 2011 Volunteer Citizen of the year, for outstanding support, donation of time and resources and donations for the betterment of students and the School Resource Officer Program. As a Reserve Deputy Sherriff, Snell often works with law enforcement officers on various projects to enrich the community of Florence by holding fundraisers at FATZ®.
Snell continues to lead the Calabash and Cops Tip-A-Cop event that allows local law enforcement officers to seat and serve FATZ® guests in full uniform to raise money for the South Carolina Special Olympics and the Law Enforcement Torch Run. In 2011 alone, Snell has raised more than $9,000 for the Calabash and Cops events, helping support the 21,400 Special Olympics athletes in South Carolina.
In his fourth year partnering with Mothers Against Drunk Driving (M.A.D.D.) and School Resource Officers program from local high schools, Snell has had more than 300,000 high school students sign up to take the pledge against drinking and driving on prom night. In exchange for their promise to remain sober and safe, FATZ® rewards students with a discount to eat at FATZ® on the night of their prom.
FATZ® is proud to have Operating Partners who not only care about their restaurant and neighborhood, but who also act as leaders within their communities.
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About FATZ®
The first FATZ® opened in a converted peach shed in Spartanburg, S.C., in November 1988, and now has 49 restaurants throughout the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia. FATZ® a subsidiary of Cafe Enterprises, Inc., ranked No. 34 in the 2010 South Carolina100 list of the state’s largest privately owned companies by South Carolina Business, has also been named one of the nation's top 400 restaurant concepts by Restaurants & Institutions magazine for the past seven years, most recently ranking No. 245. In 2008, Chain Leader magazine included FATZ® in its "Top 50 Chains Under 50 Units." For more information, visit www.FATZ.com.
