Local Pizzeria Serves Up Another Dough-nation
26-4-2024
Love is…a heart-shaped pizza and supporting local heart care.
As part of Heart Month each February, Antonino’s Original Pizza hosts its annual heart-shaped pizza fundraising campaign at its five locations in South Windsor, Riverside, LaSalle, Tecumseh and Leamington. For every heart-shaped pizza and heart-shaped dessert sold, $1 goes to support cardiac patients in Windsor-Essex.
In addition, the pizzeria also sells paper hearts in support of the campaign. “They’re only a $1.00,” says Antonino’s Original Pizza Inc. president, Joe Ciaravino, with a smile. “Customers write their names on them, or the name of a loved one, and we put them up in our windows. The response is so amazing every year that we can barely see out the windows by the end of February!”
Thanks to the community’s generosity, Antonino’s is donating $7,824 this year through the heart-shaped pizza initiative, which, since its launch in 2011, has raised more than $30,000 for Windsor Regional Hospital’s Cardiac Program!
“Windsor Regional Hospital is very grateful for Antonino’s and our local community for the ongoing support of our Cardiology program” says Cristina Naccarato, Executive Director, Windsor Regional Hospital Foundation. “Thank you to Antonino’s Original Pizza for its ongoing support and thank you to the local community for embracing the heart-shaped pizza fundraising campaign!”
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