Robert Nguyen and Sushi Rice Bowl Restaurant

Vietnam: For every bowl of rice sold at the sushi and rice bowl restaurant, they try to give back the same weight of rice to kids in need living at orphanages in their home country of Vietnam. "All the owners and managers at Charlie are immigrants to Canada," said manager Robert Nguyen, whose brother Peter is the owner. "We are thankful for the opportunity that this country has given us." Since January, they've been able to provide 2,425 pounds of rice, plus cases of formula and congee, clothes, sugar, salt, bottles of cooking oil and boxes of noodles, according to Hamilton Spectator. A friend of the family planned to travel to Vietnam in April, so the eatery expected to give him cash to buy more supplies for the orphanages. "The money goes a long way back there," Robert said. Good karma is the business mantra at Charlie Chopsticks, which has a Hamilton location on Upper James Street that opened in 2015 and another in Welland. They also support other causes. They also donated a dollar to the cause for every Facebook "Like" received over those two days. Proceeds from both locations for two business days in December — more than $1,000 — went to helping Syrian refugees settle in Ontario. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.