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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRemember that pizzeria that was feeding the homeless?
See what happened when you shared their story.
http://www.upworthy.com/remember-that-pizzeria-that-was-feeding-the-homeless-see-what-happened-when-you-shared-their-story
Since then, Wartman says, business at Rosa's has been picking up steam.
His email update four months later had us smiling ear-to-ear:
"It has been more than three months since you posted our story on Upworthy. It's been a CRAZY past couple months, but the business is both making more money and helping WAY more people than ever before."
Mason Wartman
As of June 2015...
Rosa's has given away more than 23,000 slices (a 130% increase in just four months!) and is providing meals free of charge to up to 100 people on any given day.
The uptick in business means Wartman needs more employees. And true to Rosa's pay-it-forward spirit, he's hiring through agencies that connect homeless folks with jobs.
And they've even started selling official Rosa's apparel, which features designs by homeless artists. Half of all the revenue goes right back to supporting Philly's homeless community through pay-it-forward pizza. So far, T-shirt sales have funded a full 10% of donated slices.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)cui bono
(19,926 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)I clicked preparing to read that someone got it shut down on some sort of bullshit charge because they didn't like homeless being fed.
ohheckyeah
(9,314 posts)the Internet does matter. It's easy too share.
romanic
(2,841 posts)Great for Rosa's, I hope they continue to garner good karma from this.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)AwakeAtLast
(14,125 posts)to all 50 states. Love it, love it, love it!
K & R!
Uncle Joe
(58,362 posts)Thanks for the thread, eridani.
ohnoyoudidnt
(1,858 posts)It sounds like it would be a lot better than most other crap chains out there.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)It is great to see good things happen to good people
oasis
(49,387 posts)Kurovski
(34,655 posts)Genorsity really works.