LOWER BURRELL, Pa. — A Lower Burrell pizza place is focusing its efforts on supporting first responders and community members in need on Wednesday.
Gus Franco’s Pizza will first make and deliver pizzas to local EMS, firefighters and police departments. Afterward, they’ll bake over 100 pizzas to sell throughout Wednesday evening to support a family who lost their home in a fire.
>>> Lower Burrell house gutted by fire
Wednesday starting at 4 p.m., customers can buy either a cheese or pepperoni pizza and every penny will go to the family who lost their home.
“I knew it was bad and when I found out it was a family on the same street of mine, we said we gotta do something, what can we do?” Gus Franco’s Pizza owner Patrick Elston said.
“I’ve had endless calls, endless messages asking people how people can contribute,” said Chris Fabry, mayor of Lower Burrell. “We do come together whenever it matters most and it’s so heartwarming to see everybody just rally and do whatever they can and Patrick’s the shining example of that.”
Elston says it just feels right to help their neighbors in need. The family who lost everything is currently staying at a hotel. He said that after he posted about the fundraiser on social media he got a notification that the fire victims also planned to attend.
“What I believe is the mom posted and said she was in tears and couldn’t thank us enough and that she was going to be here tomorrow night so we’re looking forward to meeting her, giving her a hug and giving her some money,” Elston said.
The restaurant says they aren’t doing call-ahead orders and aren’t making any other menu items on Wednesday. Anyone who comes to the restaurant to order pizzas is encouraged to pay in cash, $12 for a cheese pizza and $14 for pepperoni. The pizzas will be for sale from 4-8 p.m., or until they sell out.
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