Paris restaurant owner donates to the Brant SPCA

In July, Scott’s Family Restaurant announced a special fundraiser in memory of the restaurant’s founder Scott Dammeier as well as a node to the local business’ 25th anniversary in the community Dammeier, owner of Scott’s Family Restaurant in Paris, passed away on June 29th 2023, at the Juravinski Cancer Centre in his 51st year. The community rallied behind Scott and his wife Kim throughout his year-long battle. A successful Go Fund Me campaign, launched by longtime family friend Tina Graziano, helped to support the self-employed business owners, who were just emerging from a tough financial period following the Global pandemic

The Paris Firefighters Club hosted a successful Touch a Truck event raising over $10,000 to help the couple as they tried to keep the restaurant open while navigating a multitude of doctors’ appointments and treatments. Money raised helped the pair with day-to-day operational expenses, financial recovery from the Covid pandemic, medical expenses and allowed them to spend precious time with one another, and with Scott’s children Griffin and Devlin

Throughout his battle, Scott never lost sight of recovery. His focus remained on battling cancer and taking each obstacle as they came, doing what he could to squeeze out extra time with his family, friends and children.

In an effort to give back to the gracious community who supported her and Scott and keep his memory alive in a way Scott would have approved, Kim launched the fundraiser. This past week, she donated a total of $751.50 to the Brant SPCA. Of that money, $502 50 came from the 50/50 draw, $223 from anonymous donors and $26 from a gift card draw. Kim, pictured making the donation, thanked everyone for their continued support

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