Whataburger makes $11K donation to Toys for Tots

Pastor Tony Pena with Faith Family Church in Baytown holds up a mock check for $11,027 for Toys for Tots. Pena is one of the organizers for the Toys for Tots Baytown Chapter, which distributes toys to children in East Harris and Chambers counties.

Whataburger customers at the Cleveland, Liberty and Dayton locations, as well as six other locations in and around Liberty County, helped raise $11,000 to provide Christmas gifts for children in need in East Harris and Chambers counties.

The check was presented to Pastor Tony Pena with Faith Family Church in Baytown. Pena is one of the organizers for Toys for Tots Baytown Chapter.

The money is raised by Whataburger customers who agree to adding a monetary donation to their purchases in the months leading up to Christmas.

Cashiers in the restaurants compete to see who can raise the most money, and this year Cleveland cashier Wesley Pickett topped the competition with $1,6000. The Liberty Whataburger location collected the most of the nine restaurants with a total exceeding $3,600.

Wesley Pickett holds up a gift card he was presented from Burgerworks, the franchise owner of the Whataburger stores in Cleveland, Liberty, Dayton and six other locations. Pickett, who works at the Cleveland restaurant, led the cashiers by collecting more than $1,600 in donations for Toys for Tots.

3 COMMENTS

  1. Can you guys add the word customers after the word whataburger in the headline? It makes it sound like the franchise donated the money to those who don’t read the article.

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.