From the Peninsula Daily News:
How much was stuck to Fat Smitty’s walls? $10,316!
One of the questions baffling the western world — OK, to patrons of the iconic Fat Smitty’s cafe at the junction of U.S. Highway 101 and state Highway 20 in Discover Bay — was how much money was affixed to the eatery’s walls and ceiling.
Customers had been doing that with dollar bills — after decorating many of them — for years.
Carl “Fat Smitty” Schmidt decided that it was time for the loot to come down from the walls for donation to charity.
He enlisted Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts to bring down the money.
And the question was answered: $10,316.
Schmidt said all but $3,000 will be donated to the Scouts’ Camp Parsons kitchen project in Brinnon.
The rest will go to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
And starting this week, Fat Smitty’s begins a new round of the tradition of affixing money to the walls and ceiling.
Very cool — Scouting rocks and St. Judes has a pretty low administrative overhead (10% admin and 17% fundraising — well within the norm for my books) and they do good work.
Posted by DaveH at January 29, 2012 09:57 PM