While a couple of A&W restaurants in the Kamloops area were the top 2 British Columbia fundraisers in the Fourth Annual Cruisin’ for a Cause Day on Aug. 23 across Canada, the 100 Mile House franchise also raised a fair chunk of cash.
Local manager Sylvia Cahoon says slightly more than $1,000 was donated by customers to support the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada.
However, Cahoon says she still feels it wasn’t enough.
“Our franchise was hoping to raise about $3,000, but the poor economy didn’t help things.”
The Columbia Place A&W Restaurant raised $8,825 and was the top store in B.C. and the Fortune Plaza A&W Restaurant raised $7,699, and came in second in the province. The 2012 campaign had $1 from each Teen Burger sold on Aug. 23 donated to the cause and customers made cash donations and also purchased cut-out licence plates to add to the total.
Cahoon says they’ll be getting to work on next year’s campaign early in the new year.