Eat pizza, help a charity

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

A new pizza restaurant in Friendship Heights plans to donate 100 percent of its sales to charity during its first week.

Starting today, Potomac Pizza, one of the neighborhood retail tenants opening as part of the Chevy Chase Center redevelopment project, will donate all of its sales to a different charity each day. Located at 19 Wisconsin Circle, the restaurant is situated between Clyde’s and the new Giant Food grocery store.

‘‘Often the smallest gestures, even from a mom-and-pop shop, can make a huge impact,” owner Adam Greenberg said in a written statement. ‘‘I recognize the importance of giving back to the community that has supported us over our 28-year history.”

Greenberg, owner and founder of the Potomac-based Restaurant Zone, Inc., runs Potomac Village Deli Catering and four Potomac Pizza restaurants in Friendship Heights, Potomac, Rockville and Gaithersburg. The charities to benefit include NIH Children’s Charities today, Make-A-Wish Foundation on Thursday, Komen National Race for the Cure on Friday, Autism Speaks and Cure Autism Now on Saturday and MS on Sunday.

Speak out aboutschool addition

Montgomery County Public Schools is looking for community input on the design of a planned addition to Ashburton Elementary School in Bethesda.

A series of community meetings will be held this summer with the Design Advisory Committee, which includes representatives of the school, PTA, neighbors, government agencies, architects and staff from MCPS Division of Construction.

At the meetings, the design process, timetable and plans for keeping the community informed will be discussed.

All meetings will be held at the school, located at 6314 Lone Oak Drive, Bethesda.

The meeting schedule is: 10 a.m. to noon on July 11, 6-7 p.m. on July 26, 10:30 a.m. to noon on Aug. 8, 6-7 p.m. on Aug. 22 and tentatively 4:30-6 p.m. on Sept. 13.

For more information, or to participate contact Project Manager Ray Marhamati at 301-548-7538 or at ray_marhamati@mcpsmd.org.