Pasta For Pennies is Olive Garden effort

February 22, 2011 at 4:06a.m.

Students in Mahoning and Trumbull counties are among those who will participate during Olive Garden’s 17th annual Pasta for Pennies program benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s School & Youth Campaign.

During a three-week period in the school year, students in first through 12th grades from more than 280 schools will donate spare change to fill collection jars in their classrooms.

The top fundraising class at each participating school receives a pasta party from their local Olive Garden.

For more information, visit Olive Garden’s website at OliveGarden.com. To learn more about how your school can take part in Olive Garden’s Pasta for Pennies, call 800 955-4572 or visit www.LLS.org.