It's a long-held tradition for patrons to staple money to anything they can at Siesta Key Oyster Bar: walls, ceilings and awnings. Now, nearly $14,000 collected from the bar will go to a good cause.
At the beginning of September, staff and the owners at the Siesta Key Oyster Bar in Florida were watching reports about Hurricane Dorian ravaging the Bahamas and they wanted to find a way to help.Dollar bills hang everywhere at the Siesta Key Oyster Bar.Their answer was blowing in the wind around them: for years, patrons -- armed with an industrial-strength stapler stored at the host stand -- have been plastering bills anywhere there was room and on top of other bills when there was no room.
They finished Tuesday with well over 14,000 bills.Hale says they put the money into piles of $100, rubberbanded them and brought them to the bank.She warned the bank before she showed up with a plastic bin full of money. It would have to get sorted at their vault facility.This is what $13,961 looks like.In all, Hale says the bank told them they had collected $13,961. Some of the bills were too damaged to count as legal tender.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Court: FCC can dump net neutrality, but can't bar state lawsWASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission could dump rules that keep internet providers from favoring some services over others, but couldn't bar states like California from enacting...
Read more »
How Katie Rue Runs Reception Bar, a Korean Cocktail Oasis on the Lower East SideHer day involves tea tastings and cocktail experiments—after an expertly-executed 10-step skincare routine.
Read more »
Sanders sets high bar with $25.3 million Q3 haul, Buttigieg falls short of his Q2As House Democrats' impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump fuels the president's re-election campaign effort as well as his 2020 Democratic challengers' war chest, Sen. Bernie Sanders kick starts the third quarter fundraising announcement battle with a high bar. The Vermont senator
Read more »
Sanders sets high bar with $25.3 million Q3 haul, Buttigieg falls short of his Q2JUST IN: Sen. Bernie Sanders' campaign announces raising $25.3 million in Q3 -- the largest quarter for any Democratic candidate this year.
Read more »
Kid Not Getting In Strange Van For Anything Less Than King-Size BarFREEPORT, ME—Standing next to a white unmarked van on an unlit street after school, local 7-year-old Andrew Barns informed reporters Thursday that he would not get into the strange vehicle for anything less than a king-size candy bar, and the suggestion that he might do otherwise was, frankly, an insult. “Given the risk-reward ratio on this whole scenario, I would have to insist that the candy bar be king size, and to be honest, anything else would pretty much be a waste of my time,” said Barns, adding that any offer from the suspicious van of a regular-size Hershey’s bar, or even Rolos, would be immediately rejected on sight and on principle. “Look, if I’m going to get into this complete stranger’s dirty van with tinted windows, then it needs to made worth my while. The two-cup regular-size Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup packet is not going to cut it. It’s gotta be the four-cup king size. Or, alternatively, four fun-sized singles.” At press time, Barns was waiting for the man to return from a trip to the local FoodMart with a suitably alluring confection.
Read more »