Pizza for a Smile

09/08/2025

With great joy we will be celebrating the second anniversary of the official launch of the Pizza for a Smile initiative, on Wednesday, November 19th, 2025, at the Drago Centro Restaurant in Los Angeles.

Special guests delivering remarks will be Consul General of Italy in Los Angeles, Raffaella Valentina, acclaimed American actor Joe Mantegna and award-winning chef Chris Bianco of Bianco Restaurants.

We will be announcing an additional gift of 2,000 pizza margherita to the low-income families of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area.

07/12/2024

We are grateful to Chris at Baci Trattoria & Pizzeria for teaching Sebastian how to make a great margherita. In August we are expanding and inviting more pizzerias to join our movement. A video of Sebastian making his first pizza will be shared soon

06/01/2024

We are very grateful to Joe Farruggio and il Canale for hosting a reception to kick off our initiative in Washington, D.C. with iconic chef Chris Bianco as a special guest Bianco Restaurants.

To count on your support for the establishment of this initiative around the country is fundamental, because as Chris said it "All the raindrops come together, and we can make some change, together".

www,pizzaforasmile.org

05/16/2024

Please, join us for the official first event in Washington, D.C. to kick off our initiative Pizza for A Smile.
“In the Name of the Pizza” will take place at il Canale
on May 21, 2024 between 12 to 2PM, with the participation of the Pizza for a Smile's spokesperson, the legendary pizza chef Chris Bianco of Bianco Restaurants (headliner of the Netflix Chef Table: Pizza documentary,) and the amazing pizza chef and ambassador for the Pizza for a Smile initiative, Joe Farruggio.

Funds raised will provide fresh made pizzas to those facing hunger in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.

You will also have the opportunity to support a fantastic initiative and attend a book signing, while enjoying fantastic food and a fun discussion with two iconic chefs (ticket per person is $100, all included).

https://pizzaforasmile.org/in-the-name-of-the-pizza

05/06/2024

Just preparing to launch our initiative both nationally and internationally. We are enthusiastic to welcome aboard our new first Pizza for a Smile Ambassador in Italy, and initiative's spokesperson, world famous chef Franco Pepe

We are looking forward to bring togethers both Chris Bianco and Franco Pepe to launch the initiative from Italy, next November:

"What an honor to have my dear friend, the great Franco Pepe on board as the ambassador for pizza for a smile initiative, and as well joining me in his role as a spokesperson. I look forward working together to bring pizza smiles and hope to the less fortunate around the world." said world famous chef Chris Bianco, initiative's spokesperson.

Bianco Restaurants Pepe in Grani

02/22/2024

We met recently with acclaimed Italian chef Franco Pepe, and invited him to consider being part of the initiative. Franco accepted, and soon the two masters, Chris Bianco from Bianco and Franco from Pepe in Grani will join forces for two epic events in Italy and in the US, to support those less fortunate, bringing groups together, inspiring and sharing smiles, practicing kindness, and understanding the impact of daily small gestures on someone's being.

Join the movement and support us at www.pizzaforasmile.org

02/10/2024

On the national pizza day yesterday, we hope you were able to enjoy a pizza and support your local pizzeria. Here Sebastian while eating his pizza, offering a moment of prayer for all of those who suffer, and asked to have the strength and will to continue expanding and supporting the initiative Pizza for a Smile, and bring a smile on the faces of all those that will be receiving this important nourishment.

01/28/2024

Sebastian asked his parents not to organize a party for his name day last week, but instead to help him bring joy to 300 people in need by distributing freshly-baked Italian pizzas.

Help us, if you can, at pizzaforasmile.org

Learn the reasons of Sebastian kind gesture by watching the video interview below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mxmhmzZziA

An eight-year-old student from Scarsdale is making a difference in the community, giving out free pizzas to 300 families in need as part of a national initia...

01/26/2024

Thank you PIX11 for covering our initiative, and Sebastian's own efforts to help inspiring and sharing smiles, practicing kindness, and understanding the impact of daily small gestures on someone's being. He chose to inspire in providing 300 pizzas to the community in need instead of having a party for his name day!

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (PIX11) — An eight-year-old student from Scarsdale made a difference in the community, giving out free pizzas to 300 families in need as part of a national initiative. The distri…

01/21/2024

Sebastian today appointed the first Ambassador of the Pizza for a Smile initiative. We are very grateful to Chris, owner of Baci Trattoria & Pizzeria, and we are grateful to him for expressing his interest in supporting our mission, by bringing groups together, inspiring and sharing smiles, practicing kindness, and understanding the impact of daily small gestures on someone's being.