spotlight » mentshes of the month 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. 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