Sarris Donates $350,000 Worth Of Chocolate To Local Frontline Workers
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Local healthcare workers and others on the frontline are getting a sweet surprise for Easter.
Sarris Candies in Canonsburg is donating chocolate easter eggs to workers aiding in the fight against coronavirus.
@Sarris_Candies brought us chocolate peanut butter eggs. UPMC Presbyterian MICU nurses are happy campers right now—-with Carly Horn and Ami O'Brien #RNS #MICU pic.twitter.com/nutUpaDdUf
— Tanya Lopez (@TLo1031) April 9, 2020
Today, we distributed over 12,000 chocolate Easter eggs to the UPMC hospitals, Allegheny General Hospital, Children's...
Posted by Sarris Candies on Tuesday, April 7, 2020
The company says its donated $350,000 worth of chocolate to more than two dozen local hospitals, nursing homes and organizations like food banks.
UPMC says they received a donation of 6,000 one-pound candy eggs to workers at UPMC Presbyterian and UPMC Shadyside.
How sweet! Thank you to our friends at #SarrisCandies for donating 6,000 1-pound candy eggs to the physicians, nurses, and staff at UPMC Presbyterian and UPMC Shadyside this week to thank them for their ongoing commitment to our community during the COVID-19 crisis. pic.twitter.com/NZzNtthAtN
— UPMC (@UPMC) April 10, 2020
The Squirrel Hill Health Center says they received donations at both of their locations.
"We still have staff going into the offices, and this was a joyous surprise for them! We are glad to still be coming together as a community during these times of uncertainty," the Tweet read.
Thank you to @Sarris_Candies for their donation of chocolate to our staff at both locations! We still have staff going into the offices, and this was a joyous surprise for them! We are glad to still be coming together as a community during these times of uncertainty. pic.twitter.com/v2CcxmPTBU
— Squirrel Hill Health Center (@SHHCPgh) April 10, 2020