Thousands of dollar bills on Florida bar's walls and ceiling donated to Hurricane Dorian relief.
When videos showing the wrath of Hurricane Dorian on the Bahamas started coming in, the owners of a popular Florida bar knew they had to act.
Hale said about 40 members of the bar’s staff spent the month of September carefully removing the bills from the walls whenever they had down time. Some bills had been up for years. They used pliers and screwdrivers to remove each bill, and by Sept. 30, they had taken down 13,961.About 40 staff members at Siesta Key Oyster Bar spent the month of September carefully removing dollar bills from the restaurant's walls and ceiling to donate to Hurricane Dorian relief efforts.
Hale said Siesta Key Oyster Bar, owned by sisters Beth Owen-Cipielewski and Jill Pedigo and their husbands, is about to celebrate its 16th year in business.
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