Donors Spreading Holiday Cheer for Laid-Off Macaroni Grill Workers in Reston

If you were a longtime patron of recently closed Macaroni Grill in Reston, you could help spread a little holiday cheer for the laid-off employees. An online fundraiser has been started to help them make it to their next job.

The fundraising goal is $5,000; as of late Monday night, the fund had received $1,193 from 16 donors since the fundraiser as started on Sunday.

Here’s the scoop from the GoFundMe page:

Hi my name is Sussy Brennan, a former server and hourly manager, for the Reston restaurant that was closed on December 18th with no prior knowledge. Over my 4 years with the company the employees there became my family and now 33 hard working people, many with children and no other source of income, are now unemployed the week before Christmas.

I am asking for your help to make this incredibly trying time easier for the countless employees that devoted years to a restaurant that showed little courtesy to it’s devoted team members.

Please spread the word and the cheer of the holiday season. Any donation of any size is appreciated.

If you want to make a donation, just go to the GoFundMe page.