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🌱 Hayden Fundraiser + Kura Sushi Revolving Bar + Rodeo For Blood

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Hey, San Antonio! It's Wednesday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in San Antonio.

First, today's weather:

Increasingly windy. High: 80 Low: 57.

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Here are the top stories in San Antonio today:

  1. The Hayden, a "South Texas diner with an old school Jewish delicatessen soul," located at 4025 Broadway, is holding a fundraiser for their employee Mike Gonzalez, whose son-in-law tragically died last week. The fundraiser called "Meatballs for Mike's Family" started on Tuesday, Feb. 15 and will go on until Saturday, Feb. 19. Spaghetti and meatball plates will be sold for $15 each, and the proceeds of the sales will go to Gonzalez. To order your plate online, please go to The Hayden (toasttab.com) and for more information visit: (San Antonio Current)
  2. Kura Sushi, a revolving sushi bar restaurant, is holding a two-day grand opening celebration and giveaway event on Wednesday, Feb. 16 and Thursday, Feb. 17 starting at 11:30 a.m. "The first 100 dine-in guests will receive a cute sushi towel (similar to a kitchen towel resembling sushi when rolled up)." The menu features more than 140 sushi dishes starting at $2.90 each, and "each dish is protected by Kura's patented Mr. Fresh ventilated sushi lid, which limits airborne exposure and has plate-tracking technology that monitors how long each item has been circulating." They also have an app where guests can "view live wait times and join the restaurant's waitlist remotely" and earn rewards after every $50 that is spent. In addition, each restaurant table has a touch panel prize machine that plays a short animation after every 5 plates ordered and dispenses a prize after every 15 plates. The venue is located at 255 E. Basse Road, Suite 384 in the Alamo Quarry Market, and will open Sunday-Thursday, 11:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. and Friday-Saturday, 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. For more details visit: (culturemap.com)
  3. The South Texas Blood & Tissue Center, in partnership with the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, are offering a free ticket to the rodeo fairgrounds and a $10 Amazon gift card if you donate blood. Starting Tuesday, Feb. 15 - Thursday, Feb. 17, people can donate blood to receive a rodeo ticket at the South Texas Blood and Tissue Donor Pavilion, located at 6211 IH-10 W. at First Park Ten Blvd. The rodeo will go on until Sunday, Feb. 27 at the AT&T Center, located at 1 AT&T Center Parkway. To donate blood, make an appointment at SouthTexasBlood.org and for more information, visit: (FOX 29)

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Today in San Antonio:

  • Coffee and Conversations with North San Antonio Chamber members at The Petroleum Club. (8 a.m.)
  • Workforce Solutions Alamo Information Session Zoom Event. For meeting link go to https://zoom.us/j/97606558455 or join the orientation via Zoom meeting ID 976-0655-8455. (9 a.m.)
  • 2022 San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo at AT&T Center. (10 a.m.)
  • Getting Crafty Arts and Crafts Event for Adults at Cortez Library. For more information contact Jo Ann at joann.paredes@sanantonio.gov. (10 a.m.)
  • Latina Leadership Institute Meet and Greet at San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. (4 p.m.)
  • Laugh and Tunes Hosted by Clifton Simmons at Upstage Comedy Lounge. For tickets visit www.artistlegit.com. (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • San Antonio Pets Alive! is in urgent need of fosters! We have so many adorable puppies and dogs at our Medical Care Center and Rescue Center that need fosters! These pups would love to relax in a comfy foster home until they can find their forever families. Please sign up to be a foster at San Antonio Pets Alive! - A lifesaving organization in San Antonio or email foster@sanantoniopetsalive.org." (Instagram)
  • "Little Big Town is bringing their long list of hits to the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo in just one week! Grab your tickets now before it's too late, y'all! Tickets at San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo 2022 Ticketmaster." (Facebook)
  • "A Burleson neighborhood neighbor offers services in shower glass, windows, mirrors, power washing, fences and more! Call or text 737-239-6368 for more information." (Nextdoor)

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— Gabriela Couvillion

About me: I'm an active mom of two grown sons and lifelong San Antonio resident. I received a BA in Spanish from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and in my free time I immerse myself in creative writing. Thanks for reading Patch, and feel free to reach out if you have any news and happenings you think may appeal to our readers!

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