Since we first opened our doors in 1973, Godfather's Pizza has strived to make an impact on our communities. Through sponsorships, fundraisers, and many other types of activities and events we discovered our passion to help children and families is just as strong as our passion for pizza. Learn more about how Godfather's Pizza is making a difference in your community.

Boys Town: A National Partnership  

  

Godfather's Pizza and Boys Town Team Up to Deliver da Goods
Family is an important word at Godfather's Pizza. For more than 30 years, we have been committed to providing food and fun for thousands of families, but that just didn't seem like enough. We wanted to do more. We wanted to help.

In 2004, we decided to create a very special partnership with an organization that believes in and values families just as much as we do. As Boys Town's first national corporate sponsor, Godfather's Pizza promised to increase awareness for the organization's efforts by incorporating its messages into our advertising, using our resources to develop a formal fundraising program, and provide internship and job programs to the Boys Town youth.

 We also agreed to print information about the Boys Town's national hotline on our pizza boxes - 1-800-448-3000. This 24-hour crisis, resource, and referral line connects troubled youth and their families with trained counselors who can assist with suicide prevention, depression, physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, chemical dependency, anger, and much more. With more than 20 million pizza boxes going out our doors each year, we believe this is a unique and effective way to reach the nation's youth.

Making a difference
 While it may be hard to believe that something as simple as a Godfather's Pizza box could help or even save the life of a local youth, the truth is it has. Since the partnership began, Boys Town has contacted us on several occasions to share how the awareness we have helped generate made a difference in the life of a troubled youth. In some cases, awareness of the hotline meant the difference between life and death.

Just over a year ago, we received a letter from an Omaha, Neb. mother thanking the partnership for saving her daughter's life. Apparently, during a suicide attempt her daughter contacted the hotline. She later told her mother that she had gotten the number to the Boys Town hotline off of a Godfather's Pizza box.

Stories like this have dramatically changed the dynamic of our business. Partnered with a cause like Boys Town, we truly believe every pizza we sell is an opportunity to impact and improve the life of a child and his or her family.

Helping students succeed

  

 While the level of participation varies from location to location, you will find many Godfather's Pizza restaurants are active partners with local schools. In addition to fundraising assistance, most Godfather's Pizza locations offer a variety of educational programs.

Please contact your local Godfather's Pizza to see if the following programs are available in your market.

Reward Programs: Free pizza is a great way to motivate and reward students. We offer several different certificates like Good Student and Good Sportsmanship, which help teachers acknowledge a student's success and entitle the recipient to a free mini pizza.

Field Trips: A visit to a local Godfather's Pizza is a fun way for kids of all ages to see firsthand how the skills they are learning in the classroom are put to use in a restaurant everyday.

Reading Programs: Students always seem to enjoy guest readers, especially when the guest is The Godfather.  He spends time reading books with pizza themes, signing autographs, and taking photos with the students.