
Come out to Wendy’s in McHenry from 5 to 8 p.m. tonight where 10 percent of the cost of your meal goes to support Shop With A Cop.
Shop With A Cop is an event in December where McHenry County police officers take children from disadvantaged families for one-on-one holiday shopping. Each child receives more than $100 to shop, along with a winter coat, hat, gloves and boots. Raising the money for the event takes quite a bit of work and the people at Wendy’s Restaurant – 2433 N. Richmond Rd., McHenry – are a major supporter of the event. In fact, they raise money for the charity all year round.
Tonight, from 5 to 8 p.m., Monday, March 16, 10 percent of all sales will go to Shop With A Cop. In fact, 10 percent of all sales at the restaurant go to Shop With A Cop every third Monday each month from 5 to 8 p.m. (except April, when it is moved to the fourth Monday – April 27).
Eva Rasnake, the General Manager of McHenry Wendy’s, said that supporting Shop With A Cop fits with the spirit of giving established by the late Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy’s.
Wendy’s has supported Shop With The Cop for years now and is also active supporting numerous other community charitable programs.
In McHenry, the fundraising is topped off by a major party in November hosted by MC3, a McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce business networking group. Dave Lammers, the President of the group, said that Shop With A Cop is one of the highlights of the year for members of MC3.
“Everyone has a real good time,” he said. “And it’s also for a very good cause.”