Philadelphia man has given away 500 pizzas, lowered from his apartment window Updated: January 17 Published January 17
Ben Berman bakes pizzas in his Philadelphia apartment, then lowers the pies out a window to people waiting for a free meal below. He named his crusade Good Pizza and hoped to raise a few hundred dollars for his two favorite charities. By the first week of January, he had raised more than $32,000. MUST CREDIT: Jimena Sanchez
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Print article It was the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic when people in Philadelphia’s Center City first noticed that pizzas were dropping from Ben Berman’s second-story apartment window.
This former Mainer gives away free pizzas – by lowering them from his apartment window
Ben Berman, of Cape Elizabeth, is now an MBA student at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and is making people smile with an unusual pizza delivery system.
By Cathy FreeWashington Post
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It was the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic when people in Philadelphia’s Center City first noticed that pizzas were dropping from Ben Berman’s second-story apartment window.
Berman was lowering 16 handmade pies on a long string, one by one, to his friends waiting below on the street after he canceled a group pizza party because of the coronavirus pandemic.