Pizza with purpose focuses on kids
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ST. IGNATIUS – Emilio Bravo, 16, consumed eight pieces of free pizza after football practice at the Cornerstone Pizza shop’s back to school party.
“We did this so the kids would know that we are behind them,” said Craig Waldron, manager of the non-profit pizza shop where the revenue – after covering the cost of supplies – goes back into the community. “We’ve made 30 pizzas and we are still going.”
Beedo Matt, 15, also stopped by after football practice.
“This is great,” he said. “It gets the community and school together to have fun outside of school, and the pizza’s always good.”
Andy Manley, youth pastor at Cornerstone Faith Center, organized the event including blocking off the street in front of the pizza shop so hay bales and games could be set up.
“These are a great group of kids,” he said. “We want them to know we believe in them and want to see them be successful.”
Students participated in games where they peeled a banana, which is easy enough, but this game only allowed feet. Another game was about getting a cookie into their mouths from their foreheads without hands.
Leila Marsh, 14, volunteered for the dunk tank.
“It’s not as cold as it looks,” she said. “Every time I expected to get dunked, I flinched, but it was so much fun.”
Middle school principal Dan Durglo took a turn in the dunk tank. Superintendent Bob Lewandowski and middle school teacher Stacey Doll also took a dip in the tank.
Trestin Plant, 13, said he would like the community to get together for similar events, which might be a possibility, according to Waldron.