34giving back They helped ‘Slice Out Hunger’ BY ANGY ALTAMIRANO Move over iPhone 5c, this line was for the pizza. Over 700 pizza lovers from all over the city stood in line to get a taste of this year’s Slice Out Hunger charity event on October 9 at St. Anthony’s Church, located at 154 Sullivan Street in Manhattan. For the past fi ve years, Slice Out Hunger has held “New York City’s biggest pizza party” during national pizza month. This year, more than 800 pizza pies were donated from a total of 43 shops from around the city and $1 tickets were sold at the door for slices, drinks, desserts or raffl e entries. With all the pizza being eaten within three hours, Slice Out Hunger raised a total of $20,000 which will be donated to Food Bank For New York City to sponsor 100,000 meals. “New York City is home to the best pizza in the world and for many of us, we can easily enjoy the foods we want at any time,” said Scott Wiener, founder and organizer of Slice Out Hunger. “But we should be aware that there is a food poverty crisis and a whopping 2.6 million New Yorkers are having diffi culty affording food for themselves and their families.” Among the pizza shops were two Astoria pizzerias, Boston Pizza, located at 37-02 Broadway, and Rizzo’s Fine Pizza, located at 30-13 Steinway Street, who joined the party to give back by the slice. “We love what Slice Out Hunger is doing,” said Turan Ayhan, co-owner of Boston Pizza. “They are turning these pizzas into even more meals for people that need them. Everyone is coming and enjoying pizza from all over New York City, and we are so happy to be a part of that.” The charity event started as an anniversary party for Wiener’s tour company called Scott’s Pizza Tour. When some pizzerias offered their pies for the celebration, Weiner decided to sell the slices for $1 and donate the money. Boys & Girls Club gets check BY ANGY ALTAMIRANO The Sunnyside/Woodside Boys & Girls Club will now be able to extend its helping hand thanks to a donation from a group of local bars and restaurants. On October 7, Sunnyside’s Boulevard Bars, a group of 10 bars and restaurants on and around Queens Boulevard, presented the organization with a $5,530 check. The money was raised in September during Sunnyside’s Boulevard Bars’s Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day Music Festival, which featured live Irish music, karaoke, drinks specials, DJs and much more at all the participating bars. Members of Sunnyside’s Boulevard Bars include The Courtyard, Bar 43, Maggie Mae’s, PJ Horgan’s, Sidetracks, Arriba Arriba, Bliss Street Station, Mc- Guinness Pub, Molly Bloom’s and The Gaslight. In March, the group raised $3,000 for Engine 325/Ladder 163 of the 51st Street Fire Station in Sunnyside through the Leary Firefi ghters Foundation during its Irish Music Festival. Actor Denis Leary started the Leary Firefi ghters Foundation in 2000 to raise funds for fi re departments to get the best equipment, technology and training. For the next event, Sunnyside’s Boulevard Bars is organizing its second annual festive pub crawl for charity on Saturday, December 7 called Sunnyside Santathon.
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