Pennsylvania Families and Friends!
There’s an Easy and Delicious Way to Support PWSA | USA on May 15 – PWS Awareness Day
On Thursday, May 15, 2025, several restaurants across Pennsylvania are generously donating a portion of their sales to PWSA | USA in honor of Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Day. Whether you dine in, take out, or order online, your meal can make a meaningful impact. Scroll below to get specific details for each participating restaurant.
Applebee’s Tarentum, PA location will donate 15% of your check to PWSA | USA!
Location: 1050 Village Center Drive, Tarentum, PA 15084
Time: 11 AM – Close
Phone Number: (724) 274-5019
- Dine-in: Print and show the flyer to your server (download below).
To-Go orders: Place your order at applebees.com, and use promo code DOINGOOD at checkout.
BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse is generously hosting a PWS Awareness Day fundraiser at the following Pennsylvania locations from 11 AM – 11 PM:
Allentown, PA
- Address: 665 N Krocks Rd, Allentown, PA 18106
- Phone Number: (484) 268-2340
Lancaster, PA
- Location: 925 Plaza Blvd, Lancaster, PA 17601
- Phone Number: (717) 320-8840
Upper St. Clair, PA
- Location: 1819 Washington Rd, Upper St. Clair, PA 15241
- Phone Number: (412) 347-4790
Whether you dine in, order takeout, or use curbside pickup, BJ’s will donate 20% of food and soft beverage sales to PWSA | USA – as long as you show their special fundraiser flyer with the barcode at your chosen location
Find the flyers below (download the one for the location closest to you). There, you’ll also find details about online orders.
Red Robin Greensburg, PA location is donating 20% of food sales to PWSA | USA!
Location: 1000 Greengate Centre Cir., Greensburg, PA 15601
Time: 11 AM – Close
Phone Number: (724) 834-4444
Dine-in: Mention the fundraiser or show the flyer (download below).
Online orders:
- Go to redrobin.com/order and select the Greensburg location
- Add the item from the “Fundraisers (To-Go Only)” category to your cart
Add your meal items and check out as usual.
Join Ruby Tuesday’s Somerset, PA location’s community giveback program! They’ll donate 15% of your purchase to PWSA | USA when you present the flyer to your server.
Location: 1019 North Center Ave., Somerset, PA 15501
Time: 4 PM – 10 PM
Phone Number: (814) 445-3934
Download the flyer below.
A Special Thanks!
These amazing opportunities were made possible by PWS community members Amanda Webster, Kayla Day, and Maria Bertetto. Thank you for organizing these fundraisers in support of PWSA | USA! We also want to thank the participating restaurants for supporting PWSA | USA during such an important time.
Funds raised for PWSA | USA will support our family support, advocacy, and research programs.
Perry A. Zirkel has written more than 1,500 publications on various aspects of school law, with an emphasis on legal issues in special education. He writes a regular column for NAESP’s Principal magazine and NASP’s Communiqué newsletter, and he did so previously for Phi Delta Kappan and Teaching Exceptional Children.
Jennifer Bolander has been serving as a Special Education Specialist for PWSA (USA) since October of 2015. She is a graduate of John Carroll University and lives in Ohio with her husband Brad and daughters Kate (17), and Sophia (13) who was born with PWS.
Dr. Amy McTighe is the PWS Program Manager and Inpatient Teacher at the Center for Prader-Willi Syndrome at the Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh. She graduated from Duquesne University receiving her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Education with a focus on elementary education, special education, and language arts.
Evan has worked with the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA) since 2007 primarily as a Crisis Intervention and Family Support Counselor. Evans works with parents and schools to foster strong collaborative relationships and appropriate educational environments for students with PWS.
Staci Zimmerman works for Prader-Willi Syndrome Association of Colorado as an Individualized Education Program (IEP) consultant. Staci collaborates with the PWS multi-disciplinary clinic at the Children’s Hospital in Denver supporting families and school districts around the United States with their child’s Individual Educational Plan.
Founded in 2001, SDLC is a non-profit legal services organization dedicated to protecting and advancing the legal rights of people with disabilities throughout the South. It partners with the Southern Poverty Law Center, Protection and Advocacy (P&A) programs, Legal Services Corporations (LSC) and disability organizations on major, systemic disability rights issues involving the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the federal Medicaid Act. Recently in November 2014, Jim retired.