Sweet Tomatoes has kicked off a companywide cookie campaign, with a $1.00 donation going to Easter Seals UCP for every $1.99 bag of the restaurant’s freshly baked homemade cookies sold during June. Each bag of cookies also includes a $2 coupon that can be used on the next visit to Sweet Tomatoes.

“We thank Sweet Tomatoes for their continued support,” said Jeff Smith, chief communications officer for Easter Seals UCP. “Sweet Tomatoes is helping Easter Seals create life-changing solutions for children and adults with disabilities.”

Sweet Tomatoes will donate all net proceeds from the campaign to local Easter Seals affiliates. Restaurant guests can support essential disability programs in their community every time they visit Sweet Tomatoes June 1 through June 30, 2013.

“Easter Seals has been helping children and adults with disabilities and other special needs for nearly a century,” said Tammy Bailey, Chief Marketing Officer of Sweet Tomatoes parent Garden Fresh Restaurant Corp. “We’re proud to have raised nearly $180,000 dollars for Easter Seals over the past six years and with every one of our restaurants participating this year, we expect to have a banner month for this important cause.”

This is the first year that Sweet Tomatoes will be offering the cookie campaign for Easter Seals in all of their 128 restaurants across the nation. With the help of generous consumers, 20 Easter Seals affiliate organizations will benefit from this year’s campaign.

About Sweet Tomatoes

Celebrating over 30 years, Sweet Tomatoes was founded in 1978 in San Diego and currently operates 128 salad buffet-style restaurants across the western, southern and eastern portions of the United States. Sweet Tomatoes creates an exceptional, all-you-care-to-eat dining experience with a daily selection of made-from-scratch soups and salads and handcrafted muffins, focaccia, breads and tasty desserts. By combining high-quality, farm-fresh and scratch-made foods for a fixed price, the restaurants provide guests with the freedom to create their own wholesome meals. The restaurant concept is built around fresh prepared, great-tasting recipes with a salad bar full of seasonal vegetables and tossed salads prepared exhibition-style every 20 minutes. Sweet Tomatoes restaurants are open daily for lunch and dinner. For more information, visit www.sweettomatoes.com.

About Easter Seals UCP North Carolina & Virginia

Easter Seals UCP is a lifelong partner to people managing disabilities and mental health challenges. Established in 1945, our nonprofit serves more than 20,000 individuals and their families across North Carolina and Virginia through an array of community-based services and solutions. We light the runway, helping people find their own voices, make their own choices, and discover innovative solutions to their challenges. For more information on Easter Seals UCP North Carolina & Virginia, please visit www.eastersealsucp.com