MEMBER NEWS
Flying Buffalo Inc. Holds Gift Card
Fundraiser for Teenagers in Need
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The gift card drive was originally
rom Nov. 6-19, the Buffalo Wild Wings®
brought to franchisee Stephon Green’s atten-
in Moundsville, West Virginia, held a
tion by the team at the Marshall County
gift card drive to help the Marshall County
FRN.
Family Resource Network (FRN) make
“They are regulars who come in for
Christmas a little brighter for 160 teenagers.
lunch on a weekly basis,” Green said. “We
The Marshall County FRN hosted a
loved the idea right off the bat.”
gift and food bag assembly to help teens ages
This is the second year Flying Buffalo
13-18 throughout the county. The Carolyn
Inc. has participated in the gift card drive,
Dalzell Closet of Hope provided necessities,
and the BWW team looks forward to
such as shower gel and non-perishable meals,
running the gift card drive on a yearly basis.
for the gift bags, which were distributed
From left, Icee Miller, general manager
Ben Omaits, general manager of the
to county middle and high schools before
Ben Omaits, Kierstan Markey, Christy
Moundsville location, mentions that the
winter break. Each gift bag also included a
Bednar and Eric Durig were the top four
event was a hit with both the locals and the
$15 gift card to Buffalo Wild Wings.
gift card sellers during the holiday gift
staff members.
During the two-week gift card drive,
card drive.
“The people of Moundsville are
B-Dubs® employees approached customers
amazing people,” Omaits said. “Everyone
asking them to donate $5. The Flying
was very enthusiastic and more than willing to participate. We
Buffalo Inc. location had an original goal of 300 donations but
thought this was a great opportunity to give something back. Every
surpassed it with an additional 107 donations. The restaurant
year this event creates a lot of excitement for me and my staff. It
raised a total $2,035 – enough to provide roughly 135 gift cards
is everything the holidays are all about, and it creates an uplifting
worth $15 to the FRN. The FRN collected enough money to
provide gift cards for the remaining 25 baskets.
feeling to start the holidays off.” S
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