Note: The Collier County Sheriff’s Office is sharing this news release on behalf of Cosmos Café & Pizzeria and The Collier County 100 Club:
WHAT: Law enforcement appreciation pizza
party and “Let’s Glow For LEOs” event
WHERE: Cosmos Café & Pizzeria, 536
U.S. 41 N., a half mile north of Fifth Avenue South in Naples.
TIME: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. pizza party followed by “Let’s Glow For LEOs” event on U.S. 41
North at 8:30 p.m.
A Naples restaurant owner will be dishing up support for local law enforcement officers and he’s hoping the community will turn out in force and join him.
A Naples restaurant owner will be dishing up support for local law enforcement officers and he’s hoping the community will turn out in force and join him.
Hundreds of
people waving blue glow sticks are expected to line U.S. 41 North in the City
of Naples at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 3, to show their appreciation for law
enforcement at an event organizers are calling “Let’s Glow For LEOs.”
Organizer
Gianluca Corso, owner of Cosmos Café & Pizzeria, 536 U.S. 41 N. in Naples,
said he’s unhappy with negativity being shown to law enforcement officers
across the U.S. and wanted to do something positive locally.
“I want to
support law enforcement,” Corso said.
That’s why
he also will be offering free pizza with a minimum $10 donation at his
restaurant from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3. Naples Mayor Bill Barnett will serve
as guest bartender.
“I want to
be able to make at least 300 pizzas,” he said.
Corso said
all of the proceeds from the event will benefit the Collier County 100 Club,
which provides immediate financial assistance to the families of fallen police
and emergency responders who have lost their lives in the line of
duty.
“The Collier
County 100 Club is very proud to be a part of this event and we support all
first responders and appreciate all they do to keep us safe,” said Club
President Patrick O’Connor.
Collier County
Sheriff Kevin Rambosk said he is gratified at the recent outpouring of support
for local law enforcement.
“I am
pleased to support this event and I can tell you that we as an agency have been
overwhelmed at the way our community is rallying around our deputies,” Sheriff
Rambosk said.
Immediately
following the pizza party participants are invited to stay for the “Let’s
Glow For LEOs” event. O’Connor said his organization has 1,000 blue glow sticks
it hopes to distribute.
The 100 Club
is counting on a big show of support from the community, he said.
“I would
love to see people standing outside the door trying to get into the
restaurant,” O’Connor said.
The Collier
County Sheriff’s Office and Naples Police Department will provide traffic
safety enforcement during the event.
