Flancer’s Incredible Sandwiches and Pizzeria restaurants have slated April as Raising the Fun Fund-Raiser month, and owner Jeff Flancer is determined to raise $25,000 for the Wounded Warrior Project.
Flancer’s has planned a variety of events in hopes of beating last year’s total raised for the veterans of $20,000. Disabled Sports USA (Wounded Warrior Project) is a non-profit organization established to allow Iraq/Afghanistan War veterans who have lost limbs to participate in sports-related rehabilitation programs.
Flancer’s 11th annual Charity Pizza-Eating Contest takes place at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 17, on the outdoor patio at Flancer’s Gilbert restaurant location, 610 N. Gilbert Road. You can sign up there or at the Mesa location, 1902 N. Higley Road.
Registration opened on March 21. The entry fee, which includes a limited edition T-shirt, is $30, on a first-come, first-served basis for the first 25 registrants. An overflow waiting list will be maintained until contest time. The winner, who must be an Arizona resident, will be crowned by Miss Arizona, Brittany Dawn Brannon. There is no admission fee to watch the fun.
A pair of additional fund-raisers is planned at the Gilbert location. Smokes and Barrels will take place on April 6, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., and features Perdomo cigars and Four Peaks Brewery beers. Reservations are $45 per person. Spill the Wine, Eat That Cheese is set for April 13, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Reservations are $30 per person.
Flancer’s also is offering customers the option to Round Up Your Bill to the next dollar amount, with all excess donated as part of the fund-raising event.
Raffle tickets for prizes, all worth $1,000 or more, are available for $5 each, or five for $20, 12 for $50. For $100, you get 24 tickets and a special high roller ticket. For every $100 in raffle tickets folks buy, they receive an additional special ticket for a prize, which only these high rollers can win