Donatos Campaign Good Cheer Launches Benefits Nationwide Childrens Hospital

Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Donatos Pizza are pleased to announce the Donatos “Good Cheer” Campaign, which will run from Nov. 25 to Dec. 29, 2014. Customers of the 63 central Ohio Donatos restaurants in Franklin County and contiguous counties will have opportunities to support life-saving research and care at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The complete list of all 63 participating Donatos pizzerias is listed below.   In this new partnership between Nationwide Children’s and Donatos, patrons of Donatos will have a chance to donate $1 at the point of purchase during check-out and will have an opportunity to add their name and/or an inspirational message for patients and their families to a paper holiday ornament icon, which will be displayed in the pizzerias and then delivered to Nationwide Children’s. Additionally, when customers purchase a $20 gift card, $1 automatically will be donated to Nationwide Children’s.   “My hope is that by spreading holiday cheer, we can brighten the day of some patients at Nationwide Children’s,” said Donatos Chairwoman Jane Grote Abell. “We are delighted to support this program.”   “We are deeply appreciative of this new partnership with Donatos and their commitment to Nationwide Children’s outstanding care and ground breaking research,” Steve Allen, MD, CEO of Nationwide Children’s, said. “This holiday season, Donatos’ customers can support this partnership benefiting children here and everywhere.”   About Nationwide Children’s Hospital Ranked 7th of only 10 children’s hospitals on U.S. News & World Report’s 2014-15 “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals Honor Roll,” Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit freestanding pediatric healthcare networks providing wellness, preventive, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative care for infants, children and adolescents, as well as adult patients with congenital disease. Nationwide Children’s, also ranked among the Top 10 on Parents magazine’s 2013 “Best Children’s Hospitals” list, has a medical staff of 1,100 and nearly 10,000 employees providing state-of-the-art pediatric care for one million patient visits annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded freestanding pediatric research facilities. Nationwide Children’s remains true to the original mission since its founding in 1892 of providing care regardless of a family’s ability to pay. More information is available at NationwideChildrens.org.   About Donatos Pizza Donatos Pizza, founded in 1963 by Jim Grote, is family-owned and operated, and headquartered in Columbus Ohio. The creator of Edge to Edge® pizza, Donatos is recognized as one of the premier regional pizza chains in the USA, using only the freshest ingredients and highest food and safety standards to create delicious, quality products. Donatos and its franchise partners operate more than 150 restaurants in 6 states, and its products are proudly served in more than 15 entertainment and sports venues. For more information on Donatos Pizza, visit www.donatos.com.   Donatos “Good Cheer” Campaign Pizza Locations Donatos Store Address 1st & High – Short North 920 N. High Street Alum Creek & I-270 4405 Alum Creek Drive Athens 688 East State Street Bethel Road 2522 Bethel Road Bexley 2800 E. Main St Brice Road 1815 Brice Road Buckeye Lake 11048 Hebron Road Campus 2084 N. High Street Canal Winchester 6310 Prentiss School Drive Cassady at 670 1508 N. Cassady Avenue Chillicothe 107 N. Bridge Street Circleville 166 Lancaster Pike Clintonville 3489 N. High Street Delaware 122 S. Sandusky Street Demorest 3389 Sullivant Avenue Downtown 280 S. Grant Avenue Dublin 6 S. High Street Dublin-Avery 6810 Perimeter Loop Drive Eakin Road 2115 Eakin Road East Broad 6965 East Broad St Easton 4055 Morse Crossing  Gahanna 377 Granville Street Gender & Refugee 3542 Gender Rd Grandview 1612 Northwest Blvd. Grove City on Broadway 3415 Broadway Grove City on Stringtown Rd. 2233 Stringtown Road Heath 527 Hebron Road Hilliard North 3817 N. Main Street Hilliard South 1730 Hilliard Rome Road Kenny & Henderson 4515 Kenny Road Lancaster East 765 E. Main St Lancaster West 920 W. Fair Ave London 229 Lafayette St Marion 1181 Mt. Vernon Ave Marysville 111 Emmaus Road Mill Run 3703 Fishinger Blvd Morse Road 4238 Morse Road Mt. Vernon 221 W. High St New Albany North 5525 New Albany Road East New Albany South 1391 E. Johnstown Road Newark 1059 N. 21st St Noe-Bixby 2922 Noe-Bixby Road Northland Plaza 2769 Northland Plaza Drive Norton Road 350 Norton Road Oakland Park 1366 Oakland Park Pataskala 610 E. Broad St Pickerington 1214 Hill Road North Polaris Parkway  1263 Cameron Ave Powell 9764 Sawmill Parkway Reynoldsburg 7580 E. Main St Smoky Row 1878 Hard Road South High Street 2835 South High Street Sunbury 101 E Cherry St, Unit E Tamarack 1891 Tamarack Circle North Thurman 1000 Thurman Avenue Upper Arlington 3000 Northwest Boulevard Washington Court House 1211 Columbus Ave Westerville North 861 N. State St Westerville South 363 S. State St Whitehall 1095 S. Hamilton Road Worthington 5388 N. High St Worthington-Galena 7568 Worthington-Galena Road Zanesville 3390 N. Maple Ave  

In this new partnership between Nationwide Children’s and Donatos, patrons of Donatos will have a chance to donate $1 at the point of purchase during check-out and will have an opportunity to add their name and/or an inspirational message for patients and their families to a paper holiday ornament icon, which will be displayed in the pizzerias and then delivered to Nationwide Children’s. Additionally, when customers purchase a $20 gift card, $1 automatically will be donated to Nationwide Children’s.

“My hope is that by spreading holiday cheer, we can brighten the day of some patients at Nationwide Children’s,” said Donatos Chairwoman Jane Grote Abell. “We are delighted to support this program.”

“We are deeply appreciative of this new partnership with Donatos and their commitment to Nationwide Children’s outstanding care and ground breaking research,” Steve Allen, MD, CEO of Nationwide Children’s, said. “This holiday season, Donatos’ customers can support this partnership benefiting children here and everywhere.”

About Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Ranked 7th of only 10 children’s hospitals on U.S. News & World Report’s 2014-15 “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals Honor Roll,” Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit freestanding pediatric healthcare networks providing wellness, preventive, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative care for infants, children and adolescents, as well as adult patients with congenital disease. Nationwide Children’s, also ranked among the Top 10 on Parents magazine’s 2013 “Best Children’s Hospitals” list, has a medical staff of 1,100 and nearly 10,000 employees providing state-of-the-art pediatric care for one million patient visits annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded freestanding pediatric research facilities. Nationwide Children’s remains true to the original mission since its founding in 1892 of providing care regardless of a family’s ability to pay. More information is available at NationwideChildrens.org.

About Donatos Pizza

Donatos Pizza, founded in 1963 by Jim Grote, is family-owned and operated, and headquartered in Columbus Ohio. The creator of Edge to Edge® pizza, Donatos is recognized as one of the premier regional pizza chains in the USA, using only the freshest ingredients and highest food and safety standards to create delicious, quality products. Donatos and its franchise partners operate more than 150 restaurants in 6 states, and its products are proudly served in more than 15 entertainment and sports venues. For more information on Donatos Pizza, visit www.donatos.com.

Donatos “Good Cheer” Campaign Pizza Locations Donatos Store Address 1st & High – Short North 920 N. High Street Alum Creek & I-270 4405 Alum Creek Drive Athens 688 East State Street Bethel Road 2522 Bethel Road Bexley 2800 E. Main St Brice Road 1815 Brice Road Buckeye Lake 11048 Hebron Road Campus 2084 N. High Street Canal Winchester 6310 Prentiss School Drive Cassady at 670 1508 N. Cassady Avenue Chillicothe 107 N. Bridge Street Circleville 166 Lancaster Pike Clintonville 3489 N. High Street Delaware 122 S. Sandusky Street Demorest 3389 Sullivant Avenue Downtown 280 S. Grant Avenue Dublin 6 S. High Street Dublin-Avery 6810 Perimeter Loop Drive Eakin Road 2115 Eakin Road East Broad 6965 East Broad St Easton 4055 Morse Crossing  Gahanna 377 Granville Street Gender & Refugee 3542 Gender Rd Grandview 1612 Northwest Blvd. Grove City on Broadway 3415 Broadway Grove City on Stringtown Rd. 2233 Stringtown Road Heath 527 Hebron Road Hilliard North 3817 N. Main Street Hilliard South 1730 Hilliard Rome Road Kenny & Henderson 4515 Kenny Road Lancaster East 765 E. Main St Lancaster West 920 W. Fair Ave London 229 Lafayette St Marion 1181 Mt. Vernon Ave Marysville 111 Emmaus Road Mill Run 3703 Fishinger Blvd Morse Road 4238 Morse Road Mt. Vernon 221 W. High St New Albany North 5525 New Albany Road East New Albany South 1391 E. Johnstown Road Newark 1059 N. 21st St Noe-Bixby 2922 Noe-Bixby Road Northland Plaza 2769 Northland Plaza Drive Norton Road 350 Norton Road Oakland Park 1366 Oakland Park Pataskala 610 E. Broad St Pickerington 1214 Hill Road North Polaris Parkway  1263 Cameron Ave Powell 9764 Sawmill Parkway Reynoldsburg 7580 E. Main St Smoky Row 1878 Hard Road South High Street 2835 South High Street Sunbury 101 E Cherry St, Unit E Tamarack 1891 Tamarack Circle North Thurman 1000 Thurman Avenue Upper Arlington 3000 Northwest Boulevard Washington Court House 1211 Columbus Ave Westerville North 861 N. State St Westerville South 363 S. State St Whitehall 1095 S. Hamilton Road Worthington 5388 N. High St Worthington-Galena 7568 Worthington-Galena Road Zanesville 3390 N. Maple Ave