Oregon Coast - August 10, 2009 - Two of Oregon's most revered coastal restaurant companies have come forward to help raise additional funds and awareness for child abuse prevention programs in Oregon.

 

All locations of Mo's and Pig 'n Pancake Restaurants will be calling on the kindness of their wait staff to participate in an old fashioned "Coin Drive".

 

For the next two weeks, all waiters and waitresses of the restaurants will be collection coins for effective child abuse prevention programs funded by the Children's Trust Fund of Oregon.  Each server has been given their own Ketchup or Mustard squeeze bottle to use as their piggy bank.  At the completion of the two week period, the coins will be collected, tallied and added to the funds for child abuse prevention programs.

 

Currently the Children's Trust Fund of Oregon funds 33 community based programs and three state wide programs.  Through the work of these amazing programs every county in the state is covered and nearly 35,000 families will be touched through their work this year alone.

 

This campaign came about from the support of Smith and Greene Restaurant Supply Company for their donation of the "Condiment Piggy Banks" and the printing services of Witham and Dickey for all of the printed promotional needs of the Coin Drive.

 

100% of all donations go directly to the programs funded by the Trust Fund.  CTFO will also be monitoring the funds and from which communities they come from so that their are investing in their own community.

 

Mo's has also agreed to match penny for penny of every coin raised in their company.

 

Awards will be given to the top coin collectors in each restaurant and in the overall campaign for the Children's Trust Fund of Oregon.

 

At the time of this release, the Children's Trust Fund of Oregon was still negotiating this program with Shari's Restaurants.

 

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for more information on the Children's Trust Fund of Oregon, please visit:  ctfo.org

 

About Mo's

For over 50 years, Mo's has been providing world famous clam chowder to families visiting the coast.  Locations in Newport, Otter Rock, Florence, Lincoln City and  Canon Beach.  please visit:  moschowder.com