This is an amazing story based on a real operating pizza shop called Rosa's Pizza in Philadelphia. The owner left his corporate job and wanted a way to provide free meals for those in need. The idea is you can pay for a sticky note, write a positive note on the sticky for someone in need and then stick it to the wall. Someone in need will come in and they can pull a sticky note off the wall and use it to purchase pizza.
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Missy loves Saturdays with her dad. Every week they do something special together. Usually, Dad brings the funds and Missy brings the fun, but this week, it's Missy's turn to treat with her own allowance—until she and her dad stop for pizza, and Missy discovers a special way to do a mitzvah.

Missy (short for Melissa) looks forward to Saturdays with her dad. She's been saving up, but doesn't know what to spend her money on yet. When they stop for lunch at The Pizza Corner, there's another girl in line with her dad, and the two girls become friends. When it's time to pay, Jane and her dad pay with post-it notes from the wall, while Missy and her dad pay with dollar bills. Missy's dad explains, "Each sticky note represents a piece of pizza that somebody has already paid for, like a gift or a treat." Missy decides to buy sticky notes at the counter, decorate them, and put them on the wall; mitzvah means "good deed" in Hebrew.

Author's note: Rosa's Fresh Pizza is a real place in Philadelphia.

See also: World Pizza by Cece Meng ( )