HB administrators raise more than $2k for local charities through Purple & White Pizza Wars

Hampton Bays School District administrators brought their competitive spirit and commitment to community service to the table during the first Hampton Bays Purple & White Pizza Wars at Uncle Joe’s Pizza. Together, they raised $2,623 for the Hampton Bays Community Food Pantry and the Kanas Center at East End Hospice.

Divided into teams Purple and White, the administrators competed as servers, hosts and counter staff to raise funds for their respective charities as part of Uncle Joe’s Neighborhood, a new community-giving initiative designed to support local schools, sports teams, nonprofits and charitable organizations throughout the area. Uncle Joe’s Neighborhood pledged 20% of the event sales to each team’s designated charity and a grand prize of $1,000 to the winning team.

On Oct. 14, Team Purple, made up of Superintendent Lars “Large Parmesan” Clemensen, Director of Bilingual and Special Education Diane “Focaccia” Fox, Middle School Principal Dennis “Deep Dish” Schug, High School Assistant Principal Mike “Mortadella” Morgan and Middle School Assistant Principal Michelle “Marsala” Mayros, raised $820 for the Hampton Bays Food Pantry. They narrowly surpassed Team White’s $803, raised on Oct. 21 for the Kanas Center at East End Hospice. Team White was made up of Athletic Director Johnny “Formaggio” Foster, Executive Director of Educational Services Eric “Extra Cheese” Ferraro, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Mike “Mangia” Carlson and Assistant Superintendent for Finance Larry “Lasagna” Luce.

The two teams agreed to split the earnings, with $1,320 donated to the Hampton Bays Community Food Pantry and $1,303 to the Kanas Center at East End Hospice.