BARBARA & ROBERT CARDOOS
with Café Pignoli
The nominator sent in this nomination and it’s heartwarming. As he stated, “This nomination is about humanity, selflessness and caring. Last year during a major holiday, my nominee closed their restaurant on 
the busiest day of the year to help feed those in need of a home-cooked meal. In my nominee’s words—we have no limitations. If 1,000 people come, they’ll all be fed.
Well, over 1,000 families showed up. Then they added an additional element to making dinner available to the community—those who could not get to the location simply needed to call and a fresh meal would be delivered to their home! Unbelievable.
My nominees’ generosity and graciousness know no bounds.”
As another grateful recipient said via email, “I read about the dinner but wasn’t sure I would go, and one of my sons was embarrassed about it. We finally worked up enough nerve to go and were made to feel so welcome….I had no idea how I was going to feed my sons that day and then YOU
all put on a free dinner!
What a blessing you are. Thank you
