- April 30, 2024
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If anyone was wondering if Domino’s Pizza decided to hold a pizza parade up U.S.1 on Monday evening, the answer is no. But yes, the 12-car convoy was carrying hundreds of pounds of food to the Grace Community Food Pantry for the unfortunate in Flagler County.
“I think it’s absolutely amazing,” said Charles Silano, the pantry’s chairman and pastor of Pastor of Grace Tabernacle Ministries International. “It’s such a wonderful community effort for any company to muster that effort to get everybody involved to bring 12 cars of food. So, I truly want to thank the Domino’s organization for thinking of us.”
After hearing how the pantry was quickly emptying, the restaurant chain connected with each of its 33 area restaurants, who held food drives for the month of April for this cause, and they all got together at a company meeting to personally hand off the food to one of North Florida’s largest food pantry.
“If there is something we can do on a Saturday morning, when people start lining up at 6 a.m., maybe we can hand out free slices of pizza to put something warm in our community’s bellies.”
PEGGY RICHARDS, Domino's Pizzas company director
We all have a program in our own stores where we give back to the community,” said Peggy Richards, Domino’s Pizza’s company director. “We sponsor a charity program every month and give them free pizzas and a certificate that says thank you for all you do in your community, so this our way of saying thank you to the food pantry for all that they do to support the Palm Coast community.”
Richards also said she hoped this would only be a continuation of support to the pantry and the community. When told the hours Palm Coasters line up for the free food on Saturday and Sunday, she said, “When people start lining up at 6 a.m., maybe we can hand out free slices of pizza to put something warm in our community’s bellies.”
Grace Community Food Pantry is located at 245 Education Way in Bunnell. Call 586-2653.
Domino’s Pizza has two Flagler Country locations, one is located at 219 Saint Joe Plaza Drive, and the other 111 Flagler Plaza Drive. Call 445-6500 or 439-0565.
