Update - Restaurant Hosts Earthquake Relief Benefit
By: Web Producer
Updated: June 16, 2008
Many of you came out today to help Chinese families affected by the earthquake and enjoy a some Chinese food too.
Jimmy Jengs Szechwan Chinese restaurant partnered with Evansville Living magazine to host a relief benefit
The disaster killed more than 40,000 people and has left 5 million others homeless.
Three of Jimmy Jengs chefs families were directly affected by the earthquake.
The purpose of the benefit was to help raise awareness about the devestation on a local level.
So far they have collected $8,000.00
One-hundred percent of the proceeds went towards the relief efforts.
