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| Couple wins free pizza for a year and donates every last slice to homeless youth shelter | Couple wins free pizza for a year and donates every last slice to homeless youth shelter |
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| A couple who won a year's supply of pizza have donated every slice to a homeless shelter for young people. | A couple who won a year's supply of pizza have donated every slice to a homeless shelter for young people. |
| Hannah Spooner and her boyfriend, Pete Kadry, were handed a $500 voucher for Little Caesar's pizza company after they entered a random draw. | Hannah Spooner and her boyfriend, Pete Kadry, were handed a $500 voucher for Little Caesar's pizza company after they entered a random draw. |
| But instead of keeping the pizza money for themselves, they decided to donate all of it to Covenant House in Michigan, a facility for homeless youth. | But instead of keeping the pizza money for themselves, they decided to donate all of it to Covenant House in Michigan, a facility for homeless youth. |
| Miss Spooner said she knew immediately after they won the voucher that she wanted to donate it to a good cause. She told Fox 2: "I knew right away we were going to donate. | Miss Spooner said she knew immediately after they won the voucher that she wanted to donate it to a good cause. She told Fox 2: "I knew right away we were going to donate. |
| "I just know there are people out there who have nothing. Why should I be eating a year's worth of free pizza when there are people out there who go hungry at night?" | "I just know there are people out there who have nothing. Why should I be eating a year's worth of free pizza when there are people out there who go hungry at night?" |
| She added she was convinced their donation would make a difference. | She added she was convinced their donation would make a difference. |
| "[People at the shelter] were really, really happy. I could tell that it would actually make a difference," she told American television program Inside Edition. | "[People at the shelter] were really, really happy. I could tell that it would actually make a difference," she told American television program Inside Edition. |
| "Detroit is going through a lot of negativity. I wanted somewhere close to home that would be affected by my donation." | "Detroit is going through a lot of negativity. I wanted somewhere close to home that would be affected by my donation." |
| Carolyn Millard, development manager at Covenant House Michigan, where the couple donated the pizza money, told the program the young people welcomed the donation. | Carolyn Millard, development manager at Covenant House Michigan, where the couple donated the pizza money, told the program the young people welcomed the donation. |
| “They love pizza. They get very excited," she told Inside Edition. | “They love pizza. They get very excited," she told Inside Edition. |
| After the couple's charitable gesture appeared on the news Miss Spooner wrote on Facebook: "This is unreal!! I'm so happy others get to hear our story and make a difference in their communities as well! | After the couple's charitable gesture appeared on the news Miss Spooner wrote on Facebook: "This is unreal!! I'm so happy others get to hear our story and make a difference in their communities as well! |
| "It's easy to get overwhelmed in our daily lives and to be consumed with the negativity in the world, I'm hoping that people take a step back and realise what is truly important in life!" | "It's easy to get overwhelmed in our daily lives and to be consumed with the negativity in the world, I'm hoping that people take a step back and realise what is truly important in life!" |
| A Facebook friend, Josh Melville, commented: "Good job Hannah Spooner! That made a huge impact on the needy. | A Facebook friend, Josh Melville, commented: "Good job Hannah Spooner! That made a huge impact on the needy. |
| "Keep up the good work! You made a big difference to many of young people's lives. Not many people would do what you have done." | "Keep up the good work! You made a big difference to many of young people's lives. Not many people would do what you have done." |
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