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Pizza for Patriots!

By Charlie

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. - Less than a week after a retired Air Force sergeant's son cooked up the idea, volunteers on Friday formed a pizza-packing assembly line at Lou Malnati's Pizzeria's warehouse on the city's north side. Filling boxes with frozen pies and dry ice, the pizzas are intended to bring a slice of home to soldiers thousands of miles away in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Sgt. Mark Evans planned to send 300 of his favorite pies to the front lines, but the response to the Pizzas 4 Patriots program was overwhelming, and a new goal of sending 3,000 pizzas, all by July 4, was set.

Roughly 2,000 pizzas were shipped Thursday, which should be enough to feed at least 8,000 soldiers.

"I am totally in shock. I am overwhelmed. I can't believe this is coming together. Two thousand pizzas. I'm just, I'm in shock," Evans said.

This is pretty cool. A Happy 4th to all of the troops overseas. You are in our thoughts as Independence Day Approaches.

July 2, 2008 05:34 PM Supporting the Troops