Toppers Pizza franchisee gives back by supporting National Fire Safety Month

Local Toppers Pizza owner/operator Denise Downing and La Crosse Division Fire Chief Warren Thomass discuss their decision to team up to celebrate the fact that October is both National Pizza Month and National Fire Safety Month. On October 5th, from 4-8 p.m., local fire fighters will be delivering Toppers Pizza to residents via fire truck. Then, they will do smoke detector checks at every customer’s house, and provide free smoke detectors and batteries to any customers that need them. The point they're trying to get across, Thomass says, is that it takes the same amount of time to check your smoke detectors as it does to order a pizza! The article went on to discuss the importance of fire safety and upcoming plans for Toppers to team up with WAFER for fundraising efforts in the upcoming months. Read a portion of the article below or check out the full story here.

Order pizza, get smoke detector checked

La Crosse and Ona-laska firefighters are teaming up with Toppers Pizza to observe National Fire Safety Month and National Pizza Month in October.

Fire trucks will accompany pizza delivery drivers for orders placed from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Firefighters will check smoke detectors and hand out free detectors and batteries donated by Toppers when needed while customers are completing the pizza transaction, said local Toppers owner Denise Downing.

“The message is that it takes about the same time (to check smoke alarms) as it does to have a pizza delivered but can save your life. It is yet another tool for us to make a positive impact on homeowners’ safety,” Onalaska Fire Chief Don Dominick said. (Read More).

Toppers Pizza featured in The Racquet

Toppers was recently featured in an article called, “Pigging out for a cause,” which published in The Racquet, UW-La Crosse’s student newspaper. This article showed how Toppers Pizza continues to engage the local campus, community and nonprofits and discusses Toppers philanthropic efforts during the next month. Read a portion of the article below or check out the full story here.

Pigging out for a cause

By Gretchen Zishka

Could you eat an entire order of cheese sticks in two minutes and forty-two seconds? The winner of Toppers Pizza's Topperstix eating challenge last Saturday did just that.

Though the challenge seemed more about competition and stuffing oneself than anything else, it served to raise money and awareness for WAFER, a local food pantry.

Heidi Blanke, WAFER director, said, "We're busier than ever, so any funds help us fill out our shelves…We're thrilled that [Toppers] wants to do this for us." (Read More)

Back to School Boosts Business

School is back in session and Toppers is putting its focus on greeting students with the very best pizza in town. Recently, WKBT in La Crosse, did a story on how students coming back to school makes a huge impact on local business. Check out the story here:

Back to School Boosts Business
Reported by Kristen Elicerio

Each fall thousands of college students return to the Coulee Region. With all three of La Crosse's colleges back in session, the local economy should see some benefits.

Knowing the impact that college students have on La Crosse businesses, last December Toppers Pizza moved it's location from The Village Plaza to the campus area.

"The students are walking by. It's a high-traffic area. There's more visibility, easier access to campus. And since we've moved it's been great," said owner Denise Downing.

Students say when they return to town they're eager to reconnect with friends.

"Definitely a lot of our friends are back in town and we love to get together and hang out," said UW-La Crosse senior Katie Rhodes. (Read More)