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14 | Boston Pizza
SERVING CUSTOMERS AND
COMMUNITIES
Boston’s Pizza business success has
also beneficially impacted lives well be-
yond the millions of customers that are
annually served. More than 20 years ago,
Boston Pizza established a foundation
which, to date, has generated more than
$16 million in philanthropic support for a
variety of worthwhile causes. The founda-
tion, managed today by Founder Jim Tre-
living’s Daughter, has contributed criti-
cal funding to initiatives that include the
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation,
Kids Help Phone, Big Brothers & Big Sis-
ters and much more. “We’re quite proud
to help wherever we can ... and we’re
always looking for a way to respond to
needs in our communities,” says Pacinda,
adding that support hasn’t been limited
to communities of Canada. For example,
Boston Pizza has been busy delivering aid
to the disaster recovery program under-
way in the Philippines in the wake of the
devastating storm which recently ravaged