TAYLORS, SC – The Gaffney location of Fatz Cafe has partnered with many organizations through its Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser program, raising $42,331 in 2010 to benefit the local community. Groups big and small, ranging from local schools, church groups and non-profits, have participated in the Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser. The program goal is to lend a helping hand and great food to bring neighbors together and enrich the Gaffney community.
Fatz Cafe opens daily at 11 a.m. serving lunch and dinner to
regulars, but early on Saturday mornings, Gaffney Operating Partner
Won Kim and Fatz Cafe employees set up the restaurant five hours
early and volunteer with groups like the East Gaffney Baptist
Church, Corinth Elementary School and Habitat for Humanity,
transforming Fatz Cafe into a hot spot for hotcakes to raise
awareness and funds for local organizations.
Fatz Cafe values the opportunity to strengthen its communities
through giving back. In 2010, Fatz Cafe raised more than $475,000
from 47 locations across five different states to benefit
organizations ranging from local schools to The United Way.
For more information about Fatz Cafe, please visit www.fatz.com and become a Facebook fan at http://www.facebook.com/fatz.
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About Fatz Cafe The first Fatz Cafe opened in a converted peach
shed in Spartanburg, S.C., in November 1988, and now has 47
restaurants throughout the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee and
Virginia. Fatz Cafe, 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 Cafe in its "Top 50 Chains Under 50
Units." For more information, visit www.fatz.com.
