UPDATE: WNDU-TV reportsÂ Kevin O’Connor told them his restaurant would not reopen Wednesday, as planned, but that it would reopen on some as yet unknown date.

Walkerton, Indiana’s Memories Pizza will reopen Wednesday, a day after they had planned, after some advice from local police on security, and have named charities and a florist who will share in their $842,000+ crowd funding take.

They revealed they are set to share their new fortune with disabled children, a womenâ€™s help group, fire fighters, police trusts, Christian churches and Washington florist Barronelle Stutzman, 70, who was fined after declaring she would not serve a gay wedding.

Father and daughter Kevin and Crystal O’Connor spoke with the Daily Mail about the ordeal. They were singled out by a local news station who was on the hunt for any business who would openly admit they would not serve gay customers after Indiana passed its Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Â Memories Pizza said they would serve them, but not cater a gay wedding. Â The O’Connors were forced to close the restaurant and go into hiding after an onslaught of protest. Â Then, national radio personalities launched a GoFundMe campaign which blew through a hoped for $200,000 by a factor of more than four.

If you wondered what a tiny – a handful of tables – storefront restaurant would do with a haul like that, after covering losses for days closed, it should not surprise you that its Christian owners would indeed give a lot of it away.

Video here.

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