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Good Neighbors: Serving WNY more than Just Pizza
The owner of Just Pizza & Wing Co. in Amherst, who was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer, has quietly given hundreds of thousands of dollars to local charities Author: Melissa Holmes Updated: 7:07 AM EST December 16, 2020
AMHERST, N.Y. Mary Alloy has never liked being the center of attention. That s why most Western New Yorkers have no idea the owner of Just Pizza in Amherst has annually donated tens of thousands of dollars - in food and cash - over the past decade to to local charities close to her heart. I just can t say no, said Alloy, because I feel that s why I m here, just to help as much as I can. So humble and shy, it wasn t easy to get Alloy to agree to sit down for this interview to be featured in WGRZ s Good Neighbor series. But friends like Steve Szortyka convinced her. Everybody needs to know about Mary, said Szortyka. I think it s important that her story and her l