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3rd Annual Pizza-Eating Contest Raises $4,000 for MercyFirst
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 Joseph (far left) and Rocco Loccisano (far right) and a representative from Super Roofer (center left) present Sister Corde and MercyFirst C.E.O., Jerry McCaffery (center) with a check to benefit the children.
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On the afternoon of Sunday, June 3, 2007 Rocco’s Pizzeria & Restaurant hosted its Annual Brooklyn Pizza Eating Contest to benefit MercyFirst. The annual event, which has become a center-piece of the 5th Avenue Festival held in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, drew a large crowd to witness this year’s winner eat a record-breaking 15 slices in 12 minutes. Guest judges included Senator Martin Golden and Sister Corde, RSM.
This is the third year that Rocco’s has hosted the event to raise money for the children served by MercyFirst. MercyFirst’s Angel Guardian Building, located in Bay Ridge, has been a refuge for children in need since it first opened its doors to the orphans living in the streets of Brooklyn in 1899. Rocco’s has been located in the heart of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn since it was established in 1980.
“This neighborhood has been so wonderful to us over the years that we wanted to give something back,” says Joseph Loccisano, who co-owns Rocco’s with his brother Danny. “Considering the traffic we expect and the publicity we draw for the contest, we decided we should do something special this year for an important charity. That MercyFirst has a local operation and does such amazing work with children, right in our backyard, well, we couldn’t have made a better decision.”
The event was co-sponsored by Super Roofer
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