SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO) — Save your appetites and generosity for an upcoming brunch in downtown Sioux Falls to help victims of the devastating flooding in Texas.
Sanaa’s Gourmet Mediterranean will be hosting a fundraiser for the relief agency, World Central Kitchen to feed both volunteers helping with cleanup and the families who were in the path of the flooding.
Sanaa’s Gourmet Mediterranean is going off-menu with a Syrian-style brunch on Sunday, July 20th.
“It’s unique. Some dishes that we don’t make usually in the restaurant,” Sanaa’s Gourmet Mediterranean owner Sanaa Abourezk said.
Donations collected during the brunch will go to the World Central Kitchen, a non-profit that has crews on the ground in flood-ravaged central Texas.
“They make sandwiches, food packages, they give to the volunteers, they give it to the displaced, so at least people know they can go to a place and have a meal,” Abourezk said.
Sanaa’s employees are glad to do their part in helping flood victims.
“I feel bad for all of the families. It’s real tragic. And it’s just real something and all that homes that got wiped away and all the families and people that are missing still. It’s quite something, real sad to see,” Sanaa’s cashier “Tyler” said.
Sanaa’s customers also want to help in any way they can.
“Honestly, some of them are already asking me, are you doing something? That shows you the generosity of South Dakotans and that’s what I want to show,” Abourezk said.
Because this is a fundraiser, it’s important to Sanaa to cycle-through as many customers as possible.
“It’s enough time for you to eat and mingle. Eat, leave and let somebody else come in and give me money,” Abourezk said.
Sanaa’s previous fundraisers for the people of Ukraine and Gaza raised thousands of dollars. And Abourezk is confident her customers will respond once again, this time, on behalf of the people in Texas who have lost so much.
“South Dakotans, they never fail to surprise me of how good they are,” Abourezk said.
The fundraiser will go from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on July 20th. Sanaa is asking for a minimum donation of $20 per meal.
