Dozens of businesses participating in effort to help paralyzed restauranteur Mark Jones
The restaurant community has responded to Jones' plight in a significant manner. At least 35 local restaurants -- including the nine Jones owns -- are participating in the fundraising effort. Most restaurants are donating a percentage of their sales on a particular day or a stretch of several days.
The effort is called "Grubbin' To Give For Mark Jones Fundraiser Week," a play off the number of "Grubbin' To Give" benefits that Jones has done over the years in his establishments to assist local charities.
But one local restaurant owner,
"Something just led me to do this," said Morris. "The way I look at it, this is something that is bigger than all of us. I really think this is something that God is doing in our community."
Jones, 53, is a quadriplegic from injuries suffered in an early morning car crash on
In addition to the physical recovery, the situation has put Jones in a financial hardship. After the
Jones' plight has touched a lot of people, said his business partner and friend,
"I've been amazed by the support of the community as they have rallied around Mark the past few weeks," Woodham said. "We all knew Mark was a pillar of the
Morris and Jones were not particularly close, but Jones did eat at the original Trevioli's in a north
"We were just hanging out talking," Morris said. "He told me at the time, he had learned how important family was over the years. He knew that I was working myself to death, and he told me I needed to take a step back and look at my family."
A week ago, Morris posted on
"While we are technically opponents in the world of capitalist free market -- we are brothers in supporting the economic system of
Morris' restaurant seats 150 people and Morris is expecting a steady flow based on the response to the social media post. He will serve a limited menu, but one of the items will Jones inspired.
"We had a conversation at the storage building one night and I told him I really didn't want to make spaghetti," Morris said.
Jones then took Morris to school on the
"He told me you got to understand this about
Here are the participating restaurants:
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-- Barberitos,
-- Your Pie,
-- 11th and Bay Southern Table, downtown
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-- The Simple Greek,
-- Subway,
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-- Pat's Backwaters,
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-- 219
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-- Bare Roots Farmacy, downtown
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-- Columbus Eats Food Tours, Every Saturday Tour in the month of July
-- The Black Cow;
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