Pizza party!

Picture a pizza party. Birthday? Super Bowl? Ten friends, or maybe 20? Well, how about 350 friends? How about 350 homeless friends? If you can picture that, you can picture the pizza party put on by Warrington, Pennsylvania's LeeAnn Camut.

This is the second year LeeAnn has organized the event for the St. John's Hospice for Men in Philadelphia. The center serves noon meals to homeless men each weekday and, according to the Philadelphia Daily News for June 27, Camut first got involved by donating casseroles once a month. Last year, though, she decided she "wanted to feed their souls and not just their bodies. I wanted to make them feel special."

For the party this year, Camut recruited 25 volunteers to serve and clean up, enlisted friends and neighbors to help raise money and collect food donations, and solicited help from local businesses. MarketWay Flowers provided roses for each table, Starbucks provided pastries, and Station Pizza provided 100 pizzas at a large discount. LeeAnn's children donated the proceeds from their lemonade stand, and she and her husband personally contributed $750 to the event.

The St. John's website noted, "We served more than food to our guests today. Our men shared joy and good cheer, [and] left with smiles on their faces.... It is one of those days when we felt a bit more closely connected to our mission of helping our men find dignity, respect, nourishment, and opportunities for new beginnings. We are truly blessed."