SoDel Concepts dedicates Giving Tuesday to SoDel Cares foundation

Jenna Gibson, a server at Bluecoast Seafood Grill in Rehoboth Beach, is ready for Giving Tuesday. Owner SoDel Concepts will donate 100 percent of the sales on that day to SoDel Cares, a nonprofit that benefits the community in which the restaurants do business.

Giving Tuesday is Nov. 30 this year, and all SoDel Concepts locations will raise money for SoDel Cares, the hospitality group’s charitable foundation.

SoDel Cares honors the philanthropic work of SoDel Concepts founder Matt Haley, who died in 2014. That year, the James Beard Foundation honored Haley with an award for philanthropy.

SoDel Cares supports local organizations that assist children, at-risk youth and adults, and the elderly.

“SoDel Care’s primary mission is to contribute in a positive way to the communities in which we do business,” said Scott Kammerer, president of SoDel Concepts and founder of SoDel Cares. “On Giving Tuesday, our guests and teams will come together to benefit our neighbors. Our foundation supports local charities that work to fight childhood hunger, feed the elderly and provide services that help people in need."

Past recipients include the Harry K Foundation, the Culinary School at the Food Bank of Delaware, Pathways to Success and Meals on Wheels Lewes-Rehoboth.

All SoDel Concepts restaurants will donate 100 percent of that day’s sales to the charity. “Guests can benefit others just by having a wonderful lunch or dinner during the holiday season,” Kammerer said.

SoDel Concepts has 18 business operations including 14 coastal restaurants, one of which is under construction; three sports concessions and a weddings-and-events venue.