On Monday, September 26, The Golden Rule is inviting the Georgetown, Texas community to attend a benefit supporting one of their servers who is currently battling breast cancer.
“We caught wind that one of our amazing servers over at The Golden Rule was about to have a mastectomy, and that she was going through a lot of stress not only because what she was diagnosed with, but also the financial stress of it as well,” Cody Hirt, co-owner of The Golden Rule, told Hello Georgetown. “Her copay was absolutely astronomical to the point where she thought she was going have to either forgo the surgery or delay it again, and once we heard about this, this wasn’t an option for us.”
The owners and managers of the restaurant sat down to discuss how they could help Mary, Hirt said, and within seconds decided they were going to host a benefit to raise funds for her to have the operation.
“We need her to know that we care.” Hirt said. “If she’s going to be fighting this cancer, we want her to fight it full strength and not with the worry and the stress of a financial burden on top of her. So, we all [sat] down and agreed, 100% of every dollar that comes in the door that night is going to go back to her, and then once the servers found out we were doing that, they said, “Don’t pay us. We’ll volunteer for that night, whatever you were going to pay us, donate that to her as well, and every single tip we get, we’re going give it back to her as well,’ and it’s just a testament of community and loving each other.”
The Golden Rule typically isn’t open on Mondays, but will open for dinner that evening from 5 PM to 10 PM. There are no reservations, walk ups only and Hirt said the restaurant is hoping to raise $20,000 during the evening.
“We’ll try to turn tables as fast as we can and keep it packed the entire time,” Hirt said. “Order that steak that you always wanted to order…a hundred percent of however much that steak would’ve cost or does cost, goes to an even better cause.”
The Golden Rule is located at 606 S Church St in Georgetown, learn more about the benefit on their Facebook page.
“I’d just like to reiterate how amazing the community is that we live in, that we can actually do these kind of things,” Hirt said. “When we can take the stress off of somebody who in this aspect is going through so much, it can be a lifelong change for them and have a lifelong impact, and we hope there’s kind of a trickle down effect, if you will, that people can continue to pay it forward to others, and this community will continue to thrive in the loving and serving aspects that it has for many, many years.”
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