TAYLORS, S.C. – To benefit the South Carolina Special Olympics, FATZ®, home of the World Famous Calabash Chicken®, will be hosting a Calabash and Cops Tip-A-Cop event on November 18 and 19, 2011, from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., at the restaurant on 2494 Church Street in Conway. Law enforcement officers from the Conway Police Department will be seating and serving FATZ® guests in exchange for tips that will go directly to benefit Special Olympics.
Special Olympics is a year-round training and competition sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Currently there are more than 21,400 athletes in South Carolina who train and compete in a choice of 23 different Olympics- type sports. More than 12,000 volunteers support the program annually. FATZ® values the opportunity to strengthen its communities through giving back and has raised more than $1,000,000 from 49 locations across five different states to benefit organizations ranging from local schools to The United Way.
FATZ® is also pleased to host Short Stacks for Big Change, a pancake breakfast fundraiser, on Nov. 19, 2011, to benefit Special Olympics South Carolina. From 7:30 – 10:30 a.m., FATZ® will open its doors to members of the community and transform into a hotspot for hotcakes to raise money to support the Special Olympics South Carolina. Tickets for Short Stacks for Big Change, are $7 and can be purchased by contacting Selena Smalls at (843) 248-1790 or SSmalls@CityOfConway.com. All attendees are encouraged to bring a donation to fuel FATZ® fundraising efforts for Special Olympics South Carolina.
For more information about FATZ®, please visit www.FATZ.com and become a Facebook fan at www.facebook.com/FATZ.
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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.
