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money â€" for NOb Cuddy, owner of the East Side Mario‘s restaurant on King Street North in Waterl00, always makes time â€" and mansuco Bars ecqilcs Rob Cuddy, For tickets, a good cause E 1 1 °* mverasity MBA Pundraiser WHAT: Tennis Tournament ($35.0$ BBQ Lunch ($5.00) Silent Auction & Live Band HEN: Saturday â€" May 6th @ 12 noon WHERE: Waterloo Tennis Club(s19) s85â€"3920 2006 Canadian Cysti LAURIER donations and information: Compete for a Cure!!! TiM MurPby peoro a information: Loc:(519) 497â€"2929 cfmbad6@gmail.com â€" www.kwdcfc.ca 7 °CV IVCYCIT UG O UAI WVIII Fibrosis/Wilfrid Laurier University MBA Fundr restaurant supplier, selling supplies to East Side Mario‘s and Kelsey‘s restaurants, but eventually decided to make a career change. When the owners of those restaurants found out, they contacted Cuddy and asked if he‘d like to join them or operate an eatery. "I never thought I‘d end up in the restaurant busiâ€" ness," Cuddy said. Cuddy used to be a Rob Cuddy, the head of the King Street Americanâ€" Italian eatery, has owned the location for the past few vears. heart me owner of the world‘s largest East Side Mario‘s has a big he Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo and D_intrlct Chapter Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation nityâ€"oriented actions of him and his staff help build conâ€" nections to Waterloo, and Besides being the largest by size, it is also the third largest by food volume. Cuddy‘s staff of 102 serve an average of 8,000 meals each week. He said a lot of hard work has kept this location sucâ€" cessful. The property was bought and renovated in 1996, The basement of the restaurant has meeting rooms and pool tables, which are perfect for accommodiating business groups. to years. In that time, 125 estabâ€" lishments have cropped up around Canada. The north Waterloo locaâ€" tion is about three times larger than any other East Side Mario‘s â€" it seats 792 people. uddy said the commu A little while ago a barâ€" tender asked if there was a way money could be raised for a customer‘s child who has autism. The restaurant helps put on a golf tournament cach year, and also collected 10 per cent of its food revenues for a week after recent renoâ€" vations. This year, Cuddy said. he will be turning over a cheque for $10,000. Cuddy said he tries to get his staff involved in charity and fundraising events, and often takes ideas from them. "IEvery family has dealt with cancer in their lives," Cuddy said, noting his mother passed away from cancer. tnat generates business. Cuddy‘s restaurant has been involved in the Poster Boy campaign for the Grand River Hospital cancer unit for about eight years. 2o "A lot of that is Rob, and his willingness to do that," she said. Cuddy‘s East Side Mario‘s is at 450 King St. N., in Waterloo. Liz Geries, general manâ€" ager for the past two years. said everyone in the restauâ€" rant acts like friends. "It‘s like an extension of my family," she said. Geries said the staff sugâ€" gests a lot of ideas to manâ€" agement which end up being implemented. "My accountant said, you just gave away $12,000!" Cuddy said. Michael, the bartender, thought the child coutd benefit from a special ser vice dog trained to keep autistic children company Cuddy â€" agreed, â€" and tundraising began. Over the next 20 days. $12,000 was raised by selling gift cards, and a service dog was pur chased.