Crime & Safety

Benefit Being Organized for the Peanut Man

Anthony "Tony the Peanut Man" Wright lost all of his cooking equipment to a fire on Tuesday

Tony the Peanut Man has become a Charleston fixture.

For more than a decade he's been selling boiled peanuts at Charleston Riverdogs games, but .

Tomorrow a group of Charleston business owners and residents are meeting at in West Ashley to plan an event to help raise money for Anthony "Tony the Peanut Man" Wright, according to the Charleston City Paper.

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The Riverdogs organization is also planning to donate a portion of its peanut sales to Wright during an upcoming series against the Virginia Power starting on Thursday. The club will also have a donation station during the series for anyone who wants to give directly to Wright.

 

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