Dinner for a good cause

Employees at Domino’s Pizza in St. Thomas rush to keep up with demand with proceeds from pizzas sales going to Children’s Hospital. July 19, 2022. (Source: Brent Lale/CTV News London)

More than 20 Dominos Pizza locations in southwestern Ontario participated in the "help us help kids" campaign Tuesday, by donating proceeds to children’s hospital.

“You know some of my team members were born in Children’s [hospital], one of my kids was,” said St. Thomas franchise owner, Ken Hoose.

Hoose is hoping that his locations in St. Thomas, Aylmer and Strathroy can make up to 2,000 pizzas today, selling a medium for $3.99 with a dollar from each pizza sale going to support sick and injured kids at London Health Sciences Centre’s Children’s Hospital.

Hoose told CTV News London that at the end of the campaign, 2,163 pizzas were sold between his four stores, raising a total of $2,163 for charity. 

The campaign ran from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at locations across southwestern Ontario including 10 in London.

The goal is to give back to the community by raising as much money as possible to help families in need.

In turn, some families who benefitted from the hospital showed up to support.