The Commack Applebee’s raised $6,084 for Toys for Tots this year, which added to the restaurant's total donation of $107,280 from its Long Island locations.
The amount was generated by a combination of ticket sales for Breakfast with Santa and guest donations via paper gift packages sold and displayed in the restaurant throughout November and December, a spokesperson for the chain said.
This year, the donations went to both disadvantaged children and victims of Hurricane Sandy.
Over the past 14 years, Applebee's Breakfast with Santa events on Long Island and at participating restaurants in New Jersey have raised a combined total of over $3 million for the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots program.
