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Round It Up America is rallying America’s restaurants to feed the needs of the nation’s communities. It is a simple yet extraordinary program that enables restaurant customers paying with a credit card to round up their bill to the nearest dollar with that amount going to charitable causes chosen by the restaurant. To date, 15 participating restaurant companies representing 150 locations have raised $1.7 million for 42 charities. Learn how Texas restaurants can get involved.

Thanks to Round It Up America® (RIUA), it’s easier than ever for restaurants and guests to give to charity. This non-profit organization enables diners to “round up” their credit card bill to the next dollar, automatically donating their spare change to a worthy cause. And small change really adds up. Take the first restaurant participant or “Mission Partner,” Yard House. This mid-sized restaurant chain started out with 27 locations that raised an average of $40 per outlet — $1,000 total — every day. In two-and-a-half years, Yard House collected $860,000 company-wide with 1.2 million guests rounding up their checks to benefit charities including food banks, homeless shelters, crisis relief centers and organizations that assist military troops and their families.

Johnny Carino’s announced today that throughout the month of May, they are partnering with the National Breast Cancer Foundation to raise money for their efforts in providing education, early detection services, and support to women in need. Guests who visit Johnny Carino’s will have the opportunity to “round up” their checks to the nearest dollar and donate the remaining change to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. The Carino’s Foundation, the restaurant chain’s nonprofit arm, will match the funds raised in May up to $25,000.

Next time you dine at the Yard House, round up your tip. Three years ago the restaurant began “Round It Up America,” a program that allows diners to increase their purchase to the nearest dollar and donate those few extra pennies to charity. This year it amounted to $375,000 nationally, and Yard House handed out checks to Southern California recipients at a granting ceremony at their Irvine Spectrum restaurant.

Round It Up Americar (RIUA), which invites restaurant guests to “round up” their checks to the nearest dollar and donate the remaining change to local and national organizations, including the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, is pleased to announce that The Breakers Palm Beach, Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar, Barney’s Beanery, and Parco Holdings LLC, which operates a half-dozen Hooters restaurants in California and Hawaii, have come on board as Mission Partners.