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Peace of Pizza crew:
(top) Brandon Fealk,
Walled Lake; Seth Kahan,
Bloomfield Hills; Noah
Goodman and Jason Teper,
both of Farmington Hills;
(bottom) Sam Ferber,
Bloomfield Hills; Jonathan
Hayman and Ilan Elrom,
both of West Bloomfield;
and Noah Kahan,
Bloomfield Hills.
Peace Of Pizza
Local high schoolers want to feed the homeless.
Stacy Gittleman | Contributing Writer
T
aking to heart the Jewish value of
“Let all who are hungry come and
eat,” derived from the Passover
seder, several high school sophomores
launched “Peace of Pizza,” a nonprofit orga-
nization that strives to treat 5,000 of Detroit’s
hungry and homeless to pizza.
The organization, through its GoFundMe
website as of this week, has raised more than
$9,500 and is well on its way to its $12,500
goal — enough money to feed 50 percent of
Detroit’s homeless and hungry population
through the remainder of their high school
years.
The organization’s first event will be serv-
ing pizza at the Meldrum Capuchin Soup
Kitchen in Detroit on May 27.
“I was blown away at just how mature and
professional these boys are and their eager-
ness to do a mitzvah like this is beyond their
years,” said Alison Costello, chef at the soup
kitchen. Meldrum guests are typically male,
homeless or poorly housed, often diagnosed
with a mental illness and/or substance abuse
addiction. Costello expects around 300
people to arrive for the pizza lunch.
“It will be a great change of pace from
what we usually cook up. Our clients receive
good-quality food, but pizza is not some-
thing we can typically prepare from scratch
out of our kitchen. It will certainly be a treat.”
The Frankel Jewish Academy students
run Peace of Pizza with nothing short of an
organizational flowchart. It is evident in the
crispness of their website, which features a
headshot of each “employee” donned in a
shirt and tie. Each has an appointed position
and a bio of their credentials.
“We wanted to do something that would
have the biggest impact for the homeless and
hungry in Detroit that would cost the least
amount of money,” said Ilan Elrom, 15, of
West Bloomfield, who serves as the organiza-
tion’s director of public relations. “For every
$5 we raise, we can feed four people.”
Peace of Pizza is the brainchild of CEO
Jonathan Hayman, who conco cted the idea
for the nonprofit in an entrepreneur class
and then recruited his friends to the cause.
Over lunch breaks, they hammered out
the details of their business model. They
researched statistics on poverty in Detroit
and set a goal on how much money they
needed to raise and how to get the word out
to find donors and sponsors.
Then, as any enterprising entrepreneurs
do, they reached out to their connections.
Family members who were lawyers and
accountants helped them work through the
details of applying for a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
status and learn to file tax returns.
Peace of Pizza sponsors include the Naked
Fuel Juice Bar in West Bloomfield and Jet’s
Pizza in Plymouth.
Mike Wassel, co-owner of the Jet’s Pizza,
said he and his partners are happy to donate
50 pizzas to Peace of Pizza for its first event.
Jet’s Pizza will sell the additional 50 pizzas at
or below cost.
“I know all about the hassles of getting
a business off the ground,” said Wassel of
Harrison Township. “I know that in their
futures, these boys will have many challenges
in the business world so I wanted to make
their first venture just a little bit easier. It is
an outstanding idea for guys so young to get
a charity like this started.”
Hayman said lessons learned from setting
up a nonprofit organization in his teens will
carry over into his adulthood.
“When I am older and out in the profes-
sional working world, I will make sure that
helping people is on my priority list.”
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To support the cause, go to www.peaceofpizza.org.
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