By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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Serrano’s Restaurants
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I’ve long said restaurants are the most generous businesses when it comes to charitable and community causes. This time of great uncertainty, which has many restaurants wondering about their own survival, hasn’t changed that. Sal’s Gilbert Pizza, concerned about children
Huge props to the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild, the breweries who donated beer and prizes, and everyone who attended Sunday’s fundraiser for local graphic artist Michal Mason’s fight against breast cancer. The afternoon event at QuartHaus in downtown Chandler raised
Today is Eat Your Art Out, an annual fundraiser for free arts programs administered by the Chandler Center for the Arts. Ten restaurants will be donating 25% of their proceeds during designated hours. Serrano’s Mexican Restaurant in downtown Chandler also
Today is Fat Tuesday, which means you’re practically obligated to enjoy some delicious pączki, especially when indulging will help out Valley non-profit St. Vincent de Paul. Pączki (pronounced ‘‘poonch-kee’’), if you’re not aware, are Polish pastries, similar to jelly doughnuts
The Serrano family is celebrating 100 years as a family-owned business in Chandler this month with a deal to benefit the W. Steven Martin 911 Toy Drive. When you donate new teddy bears and/or children’s books (minimum $10 value) at
Sports bar The Local Chandler hosts the second annual Homes With Hope charity golf tournament ay 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at Whirlwind Golf Club at Wild Horse Pass. Foursome sponsorships start at $400. Proceeds will benefit Child Crisis Arizona. Last
Ahwatukee coffeehouse The Buzzed Goat will host ‘‘Jave for Jordan,’’ a fundraiser for a local girl battling bone cancer, from 3-5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24. Thirteen-year-old Jordan Pearson was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, which tends to occur in children and young
Several East Valley restaurants are raising money this week for a 3-year-old Chandler girl fighting cancer. Abby Deal was diagnosed with T cell lymphoblastic lymphoma last month and has been undergoing chemotherapy, but she has more treatments ahead. On Wednesday,
It’s been anything but a happy holiday season for Mark and Becky Housholder, owners of GrindTime Coffee, an East Valley food truck specializing in coffee drinks. Last Tuesday, Dec. 11, the family’s car, carrying the couple and their two children, was violently rear-ended
Barro’s Pizza holds its seventh annual Doran Barro Holiday Hunger Fight on Tuesday, Dec. 4. All 40 locations of the local chain will donate 100% of the entire day’s proceeds to St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance to battle hunger among
The fifth annual Save Second Base pub crawl, a fundraiser for a local mother battling breast cancer, takes place from noon-5:30 p.m Saturday, Oct. 13, in downtown Chandler. Participants will start at SanTan Brewing, stops at Murphy’s Law and Bourbon Jacks, and concludes
The fall edition of Arizona Restaurant Week begins Friday, Sept. 21, but Queen Creek is doing its own early version – Queen Creek Restaurant Week – all this week to benefit a local non-profit. Through Saturday, Sept. 22, eight Queen
Arizona BBQ Company in Gilbert is selling raffle tickets to raise money for Mesa-based Follow Your Heart Animal Rescue, which saved more than 2,000 dogs last year. Raffle tickets are $5 apiece or five for $20 and are available now at the
Labor Day seems like the perfect day for The Nitro Live Icecreamery in Gilbert to debut its new ice cream sliders. The dessert treats feature your choice of Nitro Live ice cream sandwiched between chocolate chip cookies or snickerdoodles made by
This Sunday, June 24, Dos Gringos in Mesa will hold a fundraiser for a young East Valley girl who was severely injured in an ATV accident. From 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Dos Gringos will donate 50% of all sales to Liv
A GoFundMe campaign has been set up for Jeff Fleenor, who just left his longtime position as the marketing director for Dos Gringos and Bourbon Jacks. Fleenor’s young daughter, Liv, was severely injured in an ATV accident Sunday. She was riding on the vehicle with
Barro’s Pizza holds its sixth annual Doran Barro Holiday Hunger Fight on Tuesday, Dec. 5. All of the day’s proceeds from the local chain’s 39 pizzerias will be donated to the St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance. Named for, and initiated
Chandler-Gilbert Empty Bowls – an annual fundraiser for the Chandler Christian Community Center – will take place from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. today at Chandler-Gilbert Community College. For a $10 donation, you can choose from a selection of handcrafted bowls and get a simple
Brooklyn V’s Pizza in Gilbert will host a fundraiser for Send a Soldier a Smile, an organization that sends Christmas cards to deployed U.S. troops, from 4 p.m.-close today. During that time, the indie restaurant will donate 20% of all orders
Earlier this week I wrote about the eighth annual Chandler Chuck Wagon Cook-off, a free festival that takes place Nov. 10-11 at Tumbleweed Park. At the time, I didn’t know this year’s Cook-Off will feature a new element: A sunset outdoor dinner to benefit Pardners
