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Article: Around and About.(DHL Corp. to deliver 28000 pizzas to Iraq)
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- July 1, 2009
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Edited by Victoria Fraza Kickham, victoria.kickham@reedbusiness.com
DHL delivers "Pizzas 4 Patriots"
Victoria Fraza Kickham
The 110-degree temperatures in the Middle East did little to deter nearly 80,000 soldiers from digging into deep-dish pizzas this past Fourth of July. It was all part of Operation Pizza Surge, sponsored by the non-profit group Pizzas 4 Patriots, which delivers pizza to soldiers overseas each Fourth of July.
Global delivery service DHL Express shipped 28,000 Uno deep-dish pizzas to nine military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan for their Independence Day celebrations. The journey began at JFK Airport in New York and ...