Joe Corbi’s, one of the nation’s largest food fundraising companies, is proud to offer Student Packing as part of our fundraising programs. This new program will have each sellers order pre-packed individually so our customers will not have to sort by individual item. The sellers orders will have a label on the outside of a sealed box which contains the organization name, student name (last name first), and number of packages for them to take home.

As part of this service Joe Corbi’s will tally the orders and provide our customers with detailed reports for easy distribution. Each item will also be scanned individually for order accuracy. Our pre-packing will be handled in house by our employees on a system setup and maintained at our Pre-Pack fulfillment center.

Baltimore, MD — Joe Corbi’s announces the debut of our newest addition, Deluca Dog and Friends™ cookie dough for dogs, offered in 2 flavors: All natural Oats & Cheddar and Classic Peanut Butter. At last, the dog member of the family can enjoy the wholesome goodness of fresh, soft baked, cookies. The whole family can join in and spend quality time by baking fun homemade cookies for a very special member of the family – the family dog.

Joe Corbi’s is excited to welcome Greg Deluca, a dog treat specialist and founder of DeLuca Dog and Friends™. Greg’s years of experience in formulating dog treats that look like human treats and meet his stringent requirements, is a perfect match to Joe Corbi’s’ exceptional reputation of high standards and quality products.

“We are thrilled to offer such a unique product; a treat that is fresh and ready to bake” explains Rocco Violi, President of Joe Corbi’s. “Finding the right balance of fresh ingredients was no easy feat, because the cookie dough has to be made fresh so customers can scoop and bake these treats for their dogs. Greg DeLuca brought us his innovative product because of our expertise and our own bakery’s reputation”

The cookie dough is formulated specifically for the palate and well being of dogs while having the baking aroma and look of “people cookies”. This new wholesome treat is made possible by using nutritious, dog friendly, natural ingredients. There are no added sugars or by products of any kind.

American pet product sales are at an all-time high. Pet food is a $15+ billion dollar a year industry with pet snacks alone, raking in over $2 billion a year in retail sales. The trend of dogs being considered as family makes Deluca Dog and Friends a promising growth opportunity. During the initial launch the products will be exclusively sold through fundraising.

Joe Corbi’s joins Greg DeLuca in his commitment to the well-being of all dogs and now offers new opportunities for traditional fundraisers and animal welfare organizations.

Joe Corbi’s Fundraising has helped schools, sports teams, churches, youth groups, choirs, scout troops, and other organizations across the U.S. raise millions of dollars through pizza kit fundraisers — http://www.joecorbi.com/programs/pizzakit/ .

The popular pizza kit fundraising pioneer also offers a direct purchase program at http://www.joecorbisdirect.com/ where people will be able to purchase Deluca Dog and Friends™ products to support organizations and fundraisers while living in a different region by naming the organization of their choice when ordering online.

For more information on the Joe Corbi’s and Deluca Dog and Friends™ line of wholesome dog treats, please visit Joe Corbi’s at http://www.joecorbi.com/products/cookiedough/delucapbmolassesdogcookies/ and http://www.joecorbi.com/products/cookiedough/delucaoatmealcheddardogcookies/ or call (888) 526-7247.

Hi, my name is Cindy…..I just wanted to let you know that i have sent away for frozen foods by mail before and I have never much cared for them…but I was ordering from a school fundraiser and happened to order some of  your pizzas….THEY ARE WONDERFUL…..not to mention completely easy…that is something that i can give my husband to take to work…and even HE can make one is he needs too…and let me tell you, he would burn water…lol….whatever you are doing, keep up the good work

Cindy G.

I needed to take a day off work a few weeks ago. I didn’t have any particular kind of burnout. I just needed to get rid of a vacation day and wanted a little break.

Maria pointed out the perfect day for me to stay home. I found the choice a little strange because it was a Thursday. That would mean I would work three days, take a day off, then go back to work for one day.

I didn’t know about that because I didn’t want to come back to just one day of work. I couldn’t really take two days off though. I had a co-worker at an old job that would always take a week vacation from Friday to Thursday. She said that made Friday easier to handle.

Thinking about that, I agreed to that. Besides, after I got done with what Maria had planned for me, I’d probably give anything to go back to work on Friday.

She talked me into helping with a fundraiser at Bridget’s school.

I like to think of myself as a pretty involved Dad. I help out with things for school and Brownies when I can. But this time was different. She wanted me to actually perform physical labor.

The school was getting its delivery of Joe Corbi’s pizza kits that day. Because, you know, every school is mandated by law to sell Joe Corbi’s pizza kits at least once a year.

I had to help haul them into the building, arrange them, then help parents get their orders to their car. On my day off. I’m a sucker.

The actual hauling of the pizzas wasn’t too bad. I worked with the truck driver and one other Dad to haul them into the lobby, arrange them the way the driver wanted so he could count them, then arrange them the way our friend the PTO president wanted them for pickup.  After that, the real fun started. We got to sit around, gossip, tell funny stories and watch interesting things happen around the school as we waited for parents to come pick up their orders.

They had from noon to 6 to get their pizzas so we knew we had to be patient.

That didn’t stop us from hoping that everyone showed up in the first hour, formed an orderly line, and got their orders without complaining.

Yeah, that didn’t happen.

I did get a free lunch out of the whole exercise. I also got to see how Bridget’s school worked on a normal day.

I don’t think I had been in there during regular hours before.

After getting everything into the lobby, I realized I was having fun. Putting pizzas on a hand cart and taking them to someone’s car sure beat sitting at my desk or, worse yet, in meetings.

I didn’t have a tie on. My phone wasn’t ringing. I didn’t even have people coming up and asking me stupid questions.

I loved every minute of it. One of Bridget’s old teachers laughed at me. She said I was having too much fun, and she was right.

The bad part is that Joe Corbi day only comes once a year

Have a favorite Joe Corbi’s pizza? Maybe it’s pepperoni and sausage, or maybe it is one of our specialty products like Chee-Zee Bread. New for this fundraising season, pizza lovers will have a new favorite to choose from, as Joe Corbi’s adds Buffalo Chicken Pizza to our menu.

Since its inception in 1984, Joe Corbi’s has been committed to bringing only the highest-quality ingredients to serve its customers superior-quality products, and these newest additions to the menu are no exception as Joe Corbi’s is determined to provide something for everyone.

Our line of quality pizzas now expands with Buffalo Chicken Pizza:

Buffalo Chicken Pizza - Pizza with a little kick of buffalo wing flavor! Have your pizza and wings together. Savory grilled chicken, blended cheese, and tangy Buffalo Pizza Sauce.

At Joe Corbi’s, we’re always thinking outside of the box and creating new combinations for our customers to enjoy. Within the next year we will be announcing some additional appetizing products. Stay tuned.

Submitted by:

Nichole Duckworth
Rising Sun, MD

Ingredients:  Cream Cheese Tomatoes Broccoli Red Peppers Garlic Salt

Spread Cream Cheese on crust, Sprinkle Garlic Salt and add vegetables. Chill and serve or serve immediately

Submitted By:

Anna Carey
Elizabethtown, PA

Broccoli and sliced tomato on white pizza

Cook broccoli until almost tender then spread around pizza and then slice tomato around pizza bake according to recipe

Joe Corbi’s has donated 6,000 pizzas to the Maryland Food Bank to help it relieve a food shortage. The food bank provides food to more than 1,000 soup kitchens and shelters across the state. Its inventory of donated food is at an all-time low so far this year, the organization said.

“The condition right now — we are calling it a crisis mode, and the need has grown in the community to that as quickly as we get this food in, it’s going out the door,” Deborah Flateman, food bank CEO, said in a statement.

Erickson Retirement Communities also said Friday it donated 876 pounds of food to the food bank. The donation matches the 876 pounds nearly 150 employees at the Catonsville-based company shed off. Food will include whole wheat pasta, peanut butter, rice, canned fruits and vegetables.

Joe Corbi’s, based in Columbia, previously donated 10,000 pizzas for volunteer effort Harvest for the Hungry in March. The company sells boxes with pizza ingredients to schools, youth sports teams, churches and other groups, which then sell the pizza kits to raise money

Baltimore, MD, March 3, 2008— Today, Joe Corbi’s, Maryland’s largest producer of pizza kits, donated 10,000 pizzas to the Harvest for the Hungry Spring Food Drive. The donation will provide 10,000 high-quality, grain and protein-rich meals to those at risk of hunger in the state of Maryland. The donation marks an ongoing partnership with the Harvest for the Hungry campaign.

For 25 years, Joe Corbi’s has been investing in communities across the country through anti-hunger efforts and other charitable causes,” said Tom Glessner, Vice President of Joe Corbi’s. “Our partnership with Harvest for the Hungry enables us to focus and extend our commitment and to have a greater impact in alleviating hunger across the country.”

While our country continues to enjoy high economic prosperity, there are still 31 million Americans who are at risk of hunger or malnutrition. To date, Harvest for the Hungry campaigns have collected food and funds worth more than $30,000,000.

“We are thrilled about our ongoing partnership with Joe Corbi’s,” comments Deborah Flateman, CEO of the Maryland Food Bank. “They are one of the organizations that continue to give to the Maryland Food Bank. In these times of financial uncertainty, we must remember that we are all fragile. Any one of us might need help, so it’s important to keep food assistance programs strong. An easy way to do that is to contribute to our Harvest for the Hungry Spring Food Drive”

Harvest for the Hungry is a year-round volunteer effort by various corporations and organizations to raise food, funds and awareness of hunger in Maryland. Harvest for the Hungry efforts benefit the Maryland Food Bank, its Redistribution Organizations and other organizations around the state providing food for hungry Marylanders.

Joe Corbi’s is a food fundraising company that has raised over $150 million for community organizations across the United States. Organizations that use Joe Corbi’s Fundraising include sports teams, youth groups, scouts, choirs, churches, and schools. Food products include pizza kits, cookie dough, calzones, pretzels, and other specialty foods products.

Show us how you build your perfect pizza for a chance to win a years supply of Joe Corbi’s Pizza!

Some people say that pizza is the perfect food. Who are we to argue? With nutritious and delicious toppings, the Corbi’s Honeycomb crust and our slimming sauce, pizza makes a well-balanced meal. There’s simply no limit to how creative you can get with it.

Won’t you share your favorite pizza? Submit your favorite recipes to our “Joe Corbi’s Create a Pizza Contest,” and you just might win! Our judging panel hopes to try original recipes from some ideas below:

http://www.joecorbi.com/nutrition/recipes/pizzacontest/