Pirates players buy 400 pizzas for Allegheny General Hospital workers
With Jameson Taillon throwing the first pitch, Pittsburgh Pirates players bought lunch Monday for health care providers at Allegheny General Hospital.
Taillon reached out last week to Pirates officials, who coordinated with Slice on Broadway, located in PNC Park, and Pizzeria Davide on Penn Avenue.
Us players found it important in a time of chaos to take care of those looking out for all of us! Mucho Pizzas and Italian food going out to Allegheny general Hospital today for all the Nurses and Doctors! #supportlocalrestaurants #sliceonbroadway #pizzeriadavide pic.twitter.com/1jdgSRl4ca
— Joe Musgrove (@ItsbuccnJoe59) March 23, 2020
The players purchased 300 pizzas from Slice on Broadway and 100 pizzas and 10 large trays of pasta from Pizzeria Davide.
Pirates employees started making deliveries at 11 a.m., dropping off the food at the AGH doorstep where hospital staff picked it up and oversaw the serving operation.
“Their goal was to do something to support small businesses in our area, as well as say thank you to the frontline health care providers at AGH,” said Brian Warecki, the Pirates’ vice president of communication and broadcasting.
Jerry DiPaola is a TribLive reporter covering Pitt athletics since 2011. A Pittsburgh native, he joined the Trib in 1993, first as a copy editor and page designer in the sports department and later as the Pittsburgh Steelers reporter from 1994-2004. He can be reached at jdipaola@triblive.com.
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