Buca di Beppo Raises Funds During Restaurants for Relief August 29; Event to Benefit Gulf Coast Communities Affected by Hurricane Katrina.MINNEAPOLIS -- Buca di Beppo Buca di Beppo is an American restaurant chain specializing in immigrant Southern Italian food. The name roughly translates as "Joe's Basement" (Beppo is slang for Joe in Southern Italy and Buca means basement (literally it means "hole") in Italian). will join with other restaurants around the country in Share Our Strength(R)'s Restaurants for Relief(R) 2 event taking place Aug. 29, the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. . Buca di Beppo will donate five percent of food sales to benefit the recovery effort. "Katrina's devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. touch affected the lives of so many in the Gulf Coast and around the country," says Wally Doolin, Chairman, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of BUCA, Inc. "We are so pleased to help with the relief effort on the first anniversary of the hurricane. The best part is that diners don't have to do anything unusual. They can donate to the cause just by meeting up with some friends for dinner or picking up take-out for their families." Share Our Strength has been organizing individuals and businesses to fight hunger around the globe since 1984. The organization now cites ending childhood hunger in the U.S. as its first priority. The proceeds from the Restaurants for Relief event on Aug. 29 will be used to help rebuild school cafeterias, open summer meal programs and provide assistance for restaurant workers affected by the storm in 2005. To find a Buca di Beppo location or make a reservation for Aug. 29, call 1-866-EAT-BUCA or visit www.bucadibeppo.com. About BUCA Inc. BUCA, Inc., a public company headquartered in Minneapolis, owns and operates 104 highly acclaimed Italian restaurants under the names Buca di Beppo and Vinny T's of Boston in 28 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). . Editor's Note: Please call Kendra Klemme at 612.399.0624 or via e-mail at kklemme@periscope periscope (pĕr`ĭskōp) [Gr.,=view around], instrument to enable a person to see objects not in his direct line of vision or concealed by some intervening body. Its essential parts are a tube, prisms, lenses, mirrors, and an eyepiece. .com to schedule an interview or request photos. |
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