Teen Wins Free Pizza For A Year, Gives It To Homeless Kids Instead

Now this is one dough-lightful act of kindness. 

When 19-year-old Hannah Spooner won a Little Caesar’s contest entitling her to $500 dollars worth of pizza for a year, she didn’t start gobbling like many of us would. Instead, the Detroit native toured local philanthropies , searching for the perfect place to donate her prize. She settled on Covenant House Michigan , a shelter for homeless youth ages 18-24. The organization was more than happy to accept. 

“Our kids would eat pizza every day,” Melissa Golpe, the center’s PR director, told The Huffington Post. “We have a number of generous people that do really special things for our kids.”

Once news of Hannah’s donation started making rounds, the Little Caesar’s Love Kitchen  threw a free pizza party at Covenant House independent of Hannah’s winnings, Golpe said. The house will use Hannah’s prize for a pizza party to celebrate the finale of its Total Me program, in which students from a local college mentor house residents on various life skills.

It’s a story of pizza given, given away and then given away again ... you might just call it the “circle of pie.”