Olive Garden's Pasta for Pennies

Students in select market areas can collect pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters during the 13th annual Pasta for Pennies national fundraising campaign sponsored by Olive Garden Italian Restaurant and benefiting the Society. 

The class at each school collecting the most money received a Hospitaliano Pasta Party lunch courtesy of the Olive Garden. As with the Pennies for Patients campaign, prizes such as computers, electronics and sports equipment are presented to the top schools in each area.

Olive Garden supports the program in several ways. In addition to providing the pasta party for each winning class, Olive Garden also hosts kickoff luncheons for representatives of participating schools in each city and provides marketing materials and marketing support for the program.  The Pasta for Pennies campaign began in 1994 in the Society's Central Florida Chapter.  

Program Availability
This program is currently being offered in the following Society chapter area:

Alabama Central Florida Central Pennsylvania Delaware Desert Mountain States Eastern North Carolina Eastern Pennsylvania Gateway Greater Los Angelos Illinois  Chapter Kansas Chapter Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Nebraska New Mexico North Texas Northern Florida Northern Ohio Oklahoma Oregon

Rhode Island Rocky Mountain (CO, WY) San Diego South Carolina South Florida Southern Nevada Southern New Jersey Southern Ohio South-West Florida Suncoast (FL) Tennessee Texas Gulf Coast The Orange Inland Empire (CA) Virginia Washington/Alaska Westchestr/HudsonValley (NY) Western North Carolina Western PA/West VA Wisconsin

All Society chapters offer the alternative Pennies for Patients program. 

Sign Up Your School
You can sign up your school to participate in this campaign by filling out our online registration form.