Pizza For Our Healthcare Heroes

We know what it’s like to be an essential worker in a time of pandemic, but battling to save lives on the front line is a whole different level. A huge THANK YOU to our brave healthcare workers, getting you some pizza was the least we could do. Here’s a copy of the thank you note from Novant:

Travis Cole and his wife own three Marco’s Pizza franchises across the central North Carolina area. When the pandemic hit, they felt fortunate their business already had a robust take-out and delivery business.

“We were initially scared of how we could keep our staff and customers safe. Being able to speak with hospital staff at Novant Health and Cone Health has helped us make the right decisions to protect ourselves and the public,” Travis said. The staff’s help was critical to remaining in business through the pandemic, so Travis and his wife wanted to give back.

And so, they fed every team member at every hospital in their area.

Travis and his wife donated an individual pizza to every hospital employee in the communities their restaurants serve, including Novant Health Rowan Medical Center’s 1,100 team members.

To help make this donation possible, they partnered with TeamCraft Roofing, Inc. who also wanted to help feed the front-line workers at Novant Health Rowan Medical Center.

"TeamCraft was able to purchase individual pizzas for 200 employees. My wife and I decided to donate the remaining 900 pizzas, so we didn’t leave anyone out at any of the hospitals in the cities we own restaurants.”

All told, their donation across the area was more than 4,200 pizzas across five hospitals.

"That in itself, has made the decision easy to feed our front-line workers. Knowing that they are having direct contact with the virus and the sacrifices they have made during this time is courageous at the very least.”

Thank you, Marco's Pizza and Team Craft Roofing for your generosity, care and support of our community and our front-line heroes!

- Novant Health Foundation