Jimmy John’s helps SPCA

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It was Dogs for Dogs at Jimmy
John’s on Friday.

Roger Steward—owner of the hot
dog restaurant—donated 50-cents for every hot dog sold that day to the Chester
County SPCA.

Steward said it was his way of
giving back to the community.

“I thought this was a nice way
of giving back after what we went through in the past year,” he said.

Steward was referring to the
fire last May 1 that gutted the Chadds Ford restaurant. The irony was that May
1 was the 70th anniversary for Jimmy John’s.

“With all of the support from
the community that we received, I thought it was time we gave back,” said
Steward.

He said that community support
touched him, but his children more so. He said they grew up with Jimmy
John’s—under the original ownership.

“Once they saw what this place really
meant to the community, it changed their view of everything that goes on here,”
he said.

He estimated about 1,000 hot
dogs sold and that translates to $500 being donated. But that’s not all that
the folks at the famous Route 202 hot dog stand are doing.

From now until May 1, people
coming into the restaurant who want to donate to the SPCA can do so there and
get there names written on a paw that will be put up on the wall. May 1 is not
only the anniversary of the fire, but it’s also the day the SPCA is holding its
annual Walk for Paws at Hibernia Park.

Rich Britton, spokesman for the
SPCA, explained how this came about because he pitched the idea to Steward.

“I was in here a few weeks ago
having a dog and I was always a fan of Jimmy John’s and the SPCA has loved
Jimmy John’s for years and they’ve always been very supportive…I knew Roger
wanted to support us and we came up with Dogs for Dogs,” Britton said.

Britton recalls when there was
an old wooden dog bank at Jimmy John’s that came from the SPCA. That bank was
one of the items lost in last year’s fire.

“Roger has been great and
really gracious for making this available to us,” said Britton.

The Walk for Paws is a “great
day,” Britton said, for families to come out with their dogs and vie for
prizes. There will be music and dancing. “It’s just a blast,” he added.

Britton said the SPCA is doing
well and will soon start an expansion project adding that the drive for funds
is to help the animals.

He did say, however, that
there’s been no new information regarding the investigation into the killing of
the two dogs found shot to death in Pennsbury Township in 2009.

About Rich Schwartzman

Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.

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