Heroes In Blue announces local restaurants participating in 3rd annual Feed an Officer Campaign
November 27, 2017
Heroes In Blue announced that over 40 local restaurants will be participating in the 3rd Annual Feed An Officer Campaign. The participating restaurants include:
Eggs Up Grill (Devine St and Lexington locations), Il Giorgiones, Henry’s (Devine St, NE, and Cayce locations) Miyo’s (Harbison & Forest Drive locations), LaBrasca’s Pizza, Market Restaurant, The Sandwich Shop, Blue Marlin, Pitas, Happy Café, Pizza Joint, Groucho’s – Forest Drive, Lizard Thicket – Forest Drive, The Original Pancake House, Tombo Grille, The Other Store, Albert’s Deli (Parklane and Main St. locations), Pizzeria Opa,Papa Gio’s (all 3 locations), Old Mill Brew Pub, The Haven, Highway 378 Bar and Grill, Yummie Creations Gourmet To Go, Wings & Ale, Cribbs Sandwich Shop, PK BBQ, One Taco Two Taco, Ray’s Pizzeria & Ice Cream Parlour, Flight Deck, Zestos of West Columbia, Grecian Gardens, Tony’s Pizzalicious, Café Strudel, The Kingsman, D’s Wings, and Zorba’s!
Heroes In Blue Founder, Kassy Alia, stated “Greg Alia Day is a chance for us to serve those who serve others – our police officers. We greatly appreciate all of the restaurants participating in Feed an Officer Day to show support to our officers and their families to thank them for how they serve our communities with kindness, bravery and compassion each and every day. Please show your support to all of the officers in our community by being patrons at these wonderful Midlands restaurants!”
Kassy is the widow of Officer Greg Alia, a Police Officer with the Forest Acres Police Department that was killed in the line of duty on September 30, 2015.
Campaign Coordinator, and close friend of the late Officer Alia, Kent Krieg stated, “To me, the Feed An Officer Campaign is more than just the community providing lunch for police officers on Dec. 14, it is a great way to thank them for what they do every day. To many, food represents comfort and love and the campaign showcases the community’s appreciation of the various sacrifices officer make. Greg was a good friend, and a great officer for how he served his community. Coordinating this campaign is just one way that I can honor his memory as it allows all members of the community to show officers that they support the work they do.”
“It is awe inspiring to be able to give back to many of the men and women in uniform that serve our communities. Our restaurants are honored to partner with Heroes In Blue for this initiative!” exclaimed Drew Hampton, owner of Groucho’s on Forest Drive and Eggs Up Grill.
In 2016, the Campaign was able to provide lunch to 531 officers and the participating restaurants provided more than $7700 in gift cards. The 2017 Campaign will begin on Sunday, November 26th and will go through December 10th. During the days of the Campaign, members of the community donate money to participating restaurants. On December 14th, Greg Alia Day, the money raised is counted and distributed by Heroes In Blue volunteers to local police stations as either a lunch or a gift certificate for meals.
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