CAMARILLO WORKERS' PENNY PLEDGES HELP TODDLER'S WISH COME TRUE.Byline: R.A. Hutchinson Daily News Staff Writer Employees at Two Plus Two restaurant took their company's name to heart, adding penny after penny to raise money for an ill Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. toddler. ``We're always doing something for somebody,'' says Terri Settlemire, general manager of the restaurant on Pickwick Avenue. ``It's all of us here, the waitresses, the bartenders - we've always just done it.'' Settlemire said that since April, employees and customers at the 10-year-old eatery donated $854 in pennies (and a few coins) to finance a train trip for 3-year-old Shane Guenther and his family through the Make-A-Wish Foundation The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that grants wishes to children (2.5 years to 18 years old) with life-threatening medical conditions. . Shane has acute lymphocytic leukemia acute lymphocytic leukemia n. See acute lymphoblastic leukemia. acute lymphocytic leukemia Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, ALL A malignant lymphoproliferative process that commonly affects children and young adults . ``It was a month or two before we knew who we were raising money for. We found out his age when we found out his sex,'' Settlemire said. ``That kind of motivated some of my customers because they have wee ones, too.'' Settlemire donated $196 in pennies herself. She'd been saving the copper coins for her grandson, but was touched by Shane's situation. Shanna Wasson Taylor, a spokeswoman for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Tri-Counties, said Shane loves animals and trains. The nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. tries to fulfill wishes for children with life-threatening illnesses. So this Sunday the youngster will travel with his family by train to San Diego where they will visit the San Diego Zoo San Diego Zoo One of the world's largest collections of mammals, birds, and reptiles, located in San Diego, Calif., and administered by the Zoological Society of San Diego. The 100-acre (40. on Monday, Sea World on Tuesday and the Wild Animal Park Wild Animal Park may refer to:
``That's great,'' said Nicki Eubanks, a waitress at Two Plus Two. ``We've been really worried he might be too sick to make the trip. We want him to have a really good time.'' Settlemire said the latest fund-raising campaign won't be the last at Two Plus Two. ``It's been kind of a tradition. It makes me feel kind of fluttery inside. I'm just glad we did something nice.'' |
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