Eat at Chili's, help St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

From now through Sept. 30, going out to eat is an easy way to help kids with cancer.

Chili's Grill and Bar has partnered with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in the fourth annual in-restaurant Create-A-Pepper to Fight Childhood Cancer campaign.

Eating at Chili's counts for more on Monday, Sept. 24, when they will donate 100% of its restaurant profits to St. Jude's. Last year's campaign raise a combined $5.2 million for the research-based hospital.

Other ways to help:

* Make a donation directly to St. Jude in restaurant and color a pepper
* Purchase customizable Create-a-Pepper t-shirts, dog tags or gift cards (St. Jude's will receive $1 from every $25 card purchased).
* Visit www.createapepper.com for more information and opportunities.

Since its inception, the Create a Pepper... campaign has raised more than $10.5 million for St. Jude's as part of a 10-year, $50 million plan to fun the construction of a new research and clinical care building, opening this November. The Chili's Care Center will house the Department of Radiological Sciences, the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium, in-patient activity areas and new research laboratories, according to a press release from St. Jude's and Brinker, Chili's parent company.

There are 10 locations in the Orange Park/Jacksonville area; find your closest one at chilis.com. 

-Chanel Martin/chanel.martin@jacksonville.com