Percentage of Sales Donated from Grand Opening Event will Provide Local Children with School Supplies
Villa Enterprises, multi-brand restaurant operator and franchisor celebrating 50 years in business, held a “Dine to Donate” fundraiser and grand opening celebration for its ten restaurants, Villa Italian Kitchen, Green Leaf’s, Bananas, and South Philly Steaks & Fries, Far East Asian Fire, Tinta Mexicana, Mo’ Burger, Sukotto Japanese Grill, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf and Church’s Chicken, at the completely transformed new “Food Hall by Villa”, at Arizona Mills Shopping Center in Tempe, Arizona, Saturday, August 23rd, 2014. A total of $1500 was raised from a percentage of sales and donated to local charity, Treasures 4 Teachers, from the grand opening.
Grand Opening festivities included a ribbon cutting with the Tempe Chamber of Commerce and dignitaries in attendance. A quartet of young talented musicians from the Arizona Metropolitan Youth Symphony played while guests enjoyed tasting menu items from the new Food Hall restaurants. The first 200 Guests lined up before the mall opened to receive a Free Prize Pack and entered to win a Mongoose Mountain Bike, GoPro Camera and a 32” LED TV with three winners chosen from the local community. Children enjoyed free carousel rides and face painting while their parents enjoyed samples of smoothies while dining to donate for charity.
Founded in Tempe, Arizona in 2004, Treasures 4 Teachers is a local nonprofit which provides free and low cost supplies to teachers from community reusable resources. “Teachers spend up to $1000 each year out of their own pockets to provide supplies to their students in need,” said Barbara Blalock, executive director of Treasures 4 Teachers. “This financial donation will help to offset that amount to provide free supplies to the teachers and students that need them most. We can’t thank Villa’s Food Hall enough for choosing us to receive this generous financial contribution.”
“We are proud to give back to such a great local organization in Tempe like Treasures 4 Teachers,” said Andrew Steinberg, Villa Enterprises, senior vice president of business operations. “We wish to thank the entire community for joining us at our new Food Hall and helping us donate to such a good cause.”
Treasures 4 Teachers is a local nonprofit which provides free and low cost supplies to teachers from community reusable resources. Founded in Tempe, Arizona in 2004, Treasures 4 Teachers provides a truly unique resource for educators and students throughout Arizona. The organization actively seeks out and collects unwanted, but reusable, materials throughout the community and makes them available to teachers at very low cost. These materials come from various sources: Manufacturers, businesses, other non-profit agencies, and private donations. Treasures 4 Teachers is a501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
Villa Enterprises
is a global multi-brand restaurant operator and franchisor. Founded in 1964 by Michele Scotto, a Naples, Italy native, Villa Enterprises began as a small pizzeria next to the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City. Today, Villa Enterprises is an international organization celebrating its 50th anniversary with more than 340+ quick-serve restaurants in malls, airports, casinos and other high-traffic locations.
Villa’s QSR brands, including Villa Italian Kitchen, Green Leaf’s, Bananas, South Philly Steaks & Fries and Far East, can be found across 39 U.S. states and nine additional countries. Villa also operates 12 full-service restaurants in suburban New Jersey under the 40North brand including The Black Horse Tavern & Pub, The Office with seven locations, Steelworks Buffet & Grill, Piattino and George & Martha’s. For more information, please visit www.villaenterprises.com.
