when you can pay it forward like that. To me, it's not even a choice. I mean, of course I'm gonna help these people because it's a family owned business. It's been a bucket full of emotions, like contradictory, because, of course I'm sad. I mean, I didn't even open this restaurant till I was 47 years old. And so this is, like, deeply entrenched into my life. There were 29 paintings and they were cartoons that she created specifically for me and my restaurant way were talking the other day. Yeah, I was, like, Has been hard for you guys. Yeah, man, we're already behind four months of rent. I lost my breath. I just had to sit down because not only her, but people who walk then and left us envelopes with 100 bucks. 200 bucks, 300 bucks.
Restaurant owner takes proceeds from her closed restaurant, pays it forward to another struggling business
Former restaurant owner pays it forward with painting auction
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Updated: 11:06 AM CDT Jun 24, 2020
A beloved local restaurant in North Carolina, Mary鈥檚 Diner, was forced to close for good because of COVID-19. The owner, Mary Haglund, did not want her restaurant to close in vain, so she found a remarkable way to help others. Haglund auctioned the well-known portraits from her restaurant and instead of keeping the $5,000, she gave it to her friends Rigo and July, who were struggling to keep their own restaurant, La Botana, afloat.For Haglund, there wasn't even a second thought for her to help her friends: 鈥淲hen you can pay it forward like that, it鈥檚 not even a choice. Of course, I鈥檓 going to help these people, this is a family-owned business,鈥� Haglund said.
A beloved local restaurant in North Carolina, Mary鈥檚 Diner, was forced to close for good because of COVID-19. The owner, Mary Haglund, did not want her restaurant to close in vain, so she found a remarkable way to help others.
Haglund auctioned the well-known portraits from her restaurant and instead of keeping the $5,000, she gave it to her friends Rigo and July, who were struggling to keep their own restaurant, La Botana, afloat.
For Haglund, there wasn't even a second thought for her to help her friends: 鈥淲hen you can pay it forward like that, it鈥檚 not even a choice. Of course, I鈥檓 going to help these people, this is a family-owned business,鈥� Haglund said.
