Restaurants put community fundraisers on menu

La Conner residents have an appetite for supporting local causes.

To help feed that generous spirit, the community’s restaurants and cafes have added regular fundraising events to their menus.

In February, Santo Coyote Mexican Kitchen donated 20% of one day’s proceeds to the family of Swinomish teen and La Conner High School grad Danny “Dano” Rapada, who earlier this year underwent a kidney transplant in Seattle.

That event, including separate donations by the restaurant’s staff and residents, raised over $1,900.

“Santo Coyote was amazing,” Jaime Stroebel-Reinstra, who helped coordinate the fu...