Diversified Restaurant Holdings Coordinates Fundraiser for Wounded Officer
Diversified Restaurant Holdings’ 18 Buffalo Wild Wings® in the St. Louis area hosted a fundraising event Aug. 3 for Ballwin, Missouri, police officer Mike Flamion, who was left paralyzed after being shot in an ambush July 8. Each location also reached out to its area police department in a show of support, along with providing food to the agency.
Diversified Restaurant Holdings rallied its St. Louis locations after Ballwin, Missouri, police officer Mike Flamion was shot in an ambush July 8. The shooting left Flamion paralyzed from the neck down.
Coordinated by the DRH Marketing and Operations team, the fundraising event was held Aug. 3 for the course of the day. A fundraising flier was created and deployed to all 18 St. Louis B-Dubs® locations prior to the fundraiser. In addition to being placed in takeout bags and handed out, employees discussed the fundraiser daily with BWW® guests.
As a show of support to local law enforcement, all 18 locations connected with their area police department and provided food to the agency, along with inviting them to the fundraising event for Officer Flamion. Although an overall attendance number was not available, countless city officials turned out to support the injured officer.
“On behalf of the entire Buffalo Wild Wings® team, we are very proud to support the first responders who help serve and protect our local communities every day,” said Diversified Restaurant Holdings, Inc. Director of Operations Tim Garner. “Our Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants throughout the greater St. Louis metropolitan area came together with the community to help support Officer Flamion and his family.”