Local Heroes
Angela DiSciascio Gregg
Friday Night Pizza – IN THE CALDWELLS —
Feeds Hundreds
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ngela DiSciascio Gregg of Pine Brook has come up with a novel way to help the food insensitive via a program she started called Friday Night Pizza, where people can both request and sponsor pizzas. The other goal is to support local pizzerias in the Caldwells. She hopes the idea catches on and that other towns start doing it too. It all began one night at the start of March 2021, when after sending a pizza to a friend, Angela, and her husband Glenn, realized that “others in need might also enjoy receiving a warm pizza and having a relaxing night in with family.”
Angela posted her idea on a local Caldwells Facebook page thinking she would organize it once; however, it snowballed, and now she is organizing meals every Friday night. Large families can order more than one pie. By mid-March, 90 families received warm meals, with 180 sponsors signed up to help. Angela expects the numbers to continue growing weekly. Angela’s friend, Aaren Picciuto, created a Facebook page called @familypizzanight and separate forms to be filled out by recipients and sponsors.
“Sometimes, people are too shy to ask for help,” says Angela. “To keep it anonymous, those sponsoring or receiving never know one another’s names.” Angela does not handle any money. She simply pairs sponsors and recipients, and coordinates orders and payments with them and the restaurants. “Coordinating this takes a lot of work, but is so worth it,” says Angela, who works daily in sales. Angela’s inbox has been flooded with touching letters of gratitude. She says, “It is one thing to know you are doing good, but to see the result is amazing.”
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