Free Pizza and a Chance to Help Kids in Crisis

If you’re shopping in central Greenwich Saturday, there will be free pizza and the opportunity to learn about the Kids in Crisis children’s shelter in Greenwich and how to help the agency that’s facing a $750,000 budget shortfall.

Steven Fox Jewelry will be providing free pizza to the community by hosting the popular New Haven Pizza Truck. The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in front of the store’s location at 8 Lewis St. The pizza is being offered as a thank you from Steven Fox for community support over the years.

A pop up café will be located next to the jewelry store at 8 Lewis St., for community members to sit and enjoy the pizza. Guests will have the opportunity to learn about Kids in Crisis and donations will be accepted on behalf of the organization, which recently announced a cut in $750,000 of funding from the State of Connecticut. After the event, the truck will head to Kids in Crisis, where children in residence will receive a free meal courtesy of Steven Fox Jewelry and the New Haven Pizza Truck.

“It is heartwarming that Steven Fox Jewelry has generously offered to host another community pizza day this year. The event is a tremendous opportunity to spread awareness about the services Kids in Crisis provides. In addition, the dinner provided to our children after is a wonderful opportunity for them to experience some normalcy in their lives. We thank Steven Fox Jewelry and the New Haven Pizza Truck for serving as fantastic community partners,” Shari Shapiro, Executive Director of Kids in Crisis, said in a statement.

Kids in Crisis (www.kidsincrisis.org) is Connecticut’s only free, round-the-clock agency providing emergency shelter, crisis counseling and community educational programs for children of all ages and families. Since its founding in 1978, Kids in Crisis has helped more than 132,000 Connecticut children and families; last year, 6,184 children and families received assistance from the organization.

Photo via New Haven Pizza Truck.