Monthly Giveback Tuesday program celebrates major milestone with December contributions

ST. LOUIS (Dec. 17, 2024)– Katie’s has achieved a huge milestone in its efforts to support local charitable organizations. With its December Giveback Tuesday donations, Katie’s has gifted more than $500,000 to St. Louis area nonprofit organizations over the past 10 years.

On Tuesday, Dec. 17, Katie’s celebrates by hosting Giveback Tuesday events at its Ballpark Village, Rock Hill and Town & Country locations to support this month’s charity donation recipients. All of the proceeds from every sale of lunch, dinner, drinks, curbside pickup and frozen pizzas will be split evenly and donated to Cornerstone Center for Early Learning, The Left Bank Books Foundation and Mercy Health Foundation.

“It has always felt so good to give back, and reaching half a million dollars in donations over the past 10 years is a dream come true,” said Katie Lee, owner of Katie’s. “We were only able to get Katie’s started through the help of an online fundraising campaign. We’re humbled by the generosity of the St. Louis community, and can’t wait to keep working together to support and strengthen our region’s charity organizations.”

In addition to receiving an even split of the day’s proceeds, each organization will have information available at a pop-up spot within one of the three Katie’s locations on Dec. 17 for guests to visit and learn more:

• Katie’s Ballpark Village: The Left Bank Books Foundation
  The Left Bank Books Foundation’s mission is to increase public access to books and their authors, hold space for community conversations guided by books and their authors, increase critical literacy and the love of reading for St. Louisans of all ages, and do so in a way that centers marginalized communities. The foundation’s Literacy & Justice For All Campaign supports programming including events and projects that address racism, sexism and gender identity while also giving a platform to the best literary voices of the day.

• Katie’s Rock Hill: Cornerstone Center for Early Learning
  The mission of Cornerstone Center for Early Learning is to nurture confident young minds while supporting all families. The organization strengthens families by providing award-winning accredited and licensed education and care for children of all economic backgrounds. Funds will be used to give children facing adversity the strong foundation needed to build a lifetime of positive social interaction and learning.
• Katie’s Town & Country: Mercy Health Foundation
  Mercy Health Foundation supports Mercy Hospital St. Louis and Mercy Clinic East with initiatives across our communities in creating treatment options for all who need it, regardless of their ability to pay. The foundation also helps fund the acquisition of advanced medical technologies and life-saving equipment.

To learn more about the featured organizations, the Giveback Tuesday program and monthly events, or apply to be a featured charity, visit Katies.com, sign up for email newsletters and follow Katie’s on Facebook and Instagram.

About Katie’s

Katie’s promise is to create moments of enjoyment between friends and family through passion-filled food and warm hospitality. Katie Lee’s dream to bring hand-made, in-house artisan and Neapolitan pizza to St. Louis began through one location under the ownership of her father, Tom Lee, in 2008. Today, Katie’s includes three locations. Katie’s Rock Hill opened in 2013 followed by the Town & Country location in 2017. The largest location opened in 2023 in downtown St. Louis’ Ballpark Village featuring a pasta-making station, wood-fired grill, expansive patio, private events space and in-house market selling to-go items. Katie’s portfolio of fresh and frozen pizzas, pastas and sauces are available at many grocery retailers and shipped nationwide. Frozen pizzas will be available in 2025 in Walmart stores. Since 2014, KPP’s “Giveback Tuesday” program has donated over $500,000 to St. Louis-based charities. To learn more and sign up for our newsletter visit Katies.com. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X to see the latest.