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Imo’s for Kids Day 2013!

Jessica — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:13:55 +0000

To kick off Imo’s For Kids Day today, where 10% of all proceeds go to Variety The Children’s Charity of St. Louis, Margie Imo was interviewed on KTVI Channel 2 this morning. At the interview, Margie also presented Jan Albus, executive director of Variety a check for $2,000 to kick start the day from Hubbard Radio (WIL, WXOS, WARH). Shown left is Margie Imo handing the check to Jan Albus with Variety Kids Josie and Dominic watching. Visit Imo’s today and help a special kid like Josie and Dominic

Click here to watch the news segment where Josie and Dominic help make an Imo’s pizza!

Variety Week is April 20-27!

Jessica — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:47:08 +0000

You can help thousands of area children with physical and mental disabilities reach their full potential by participating or contributing to one or more of these events:

*Runway Lights Fashion Show – Saturday, April 20 at the Chase Park Plaza

*Fox 2/KPLR Call-A-Thon For Kids – Tuesday, April 23

*Imo’s For Kids Day – Wednesday, April 24

*Young Variety Night of Rising Stars – Friday, April 26 at City Cottage

*Dinner With The Stars – Saturday, April 27 at the Peabody Opera House

For complete information on all these events visit www.varietystl.org.

Buy a Pizza- Help a Kid!

Jessica — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:45:21 +0000

Look for Jan Albus, executive director of Variety, The Children’s Charity of St. Louis being interviewed about Imo’s For Kids Day tomorrow afternoon, Thursday April 19, 2012 in the third inning of the Cardinals Baseball Game on Fox Sports Net. She will be discussing all the Variety Events next week, including Imo’s For Kids Day on Wednesday, April 25.

Order anything from all Imo’s locations on Wednesday, April 25 and we’ll donate 10 percent of the proceeds to Variety The Children’s Charity of St. Louis to help area children with physical and mental disabilities reach their full potential.

Students Thank Smoke-Free Imo’s Pizza in Washington, MO

Jessica — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:04:55 +0000

St. Francis Borgia Regional High School students recently presented a certificate of appreciation to Imo’s Pizza for eliminating the smoking section of its restaurant. Students presented certificates to area smoke-free restaurants as part of a national initiative to fight youth tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke.

To read article click here

Maplewood Imo’s Pizza owners honored at the 6th Annual Maplewood Women Making History Event

Jessica — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:05:06 +0000

Maplewood Imo’ Pizza owners Lucille Brown, Donna Brown-Rasmussen and Karen Eckenstein recently were honored at the 6th Annual Maplewood Women Making History event. The celebration recognizes local women who have been in business 20 years or more. The Maplewood Imo’s was one of our first franchises and has been in business at 2600 S. Big Bend Blvd. for more than 40 years! Congratulations, ladies!

To read article click here

Lucille Brown, Donna Brown-Rassmussen, Karen Eckenstein of IMO'S PIZZA

Imo’s Pizza is a proud sponsor of Choose Your Shoes 2, a “girls’ night out” fundraiser to benefit the Breast HealthCare Center at Missouri Baptist Medical Center!

Jessica — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:19:27 +0000

Imo’s Pizza is a Boot Level sponsor of Choose Your Shoes 2, on Wednesday, April 11 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Hilton St. Louis Frontenac. The girls’ night out fundraiser includes music, hors d’oeuvres and dessert buffet, foot massages and spring’s latest shoe styles! Proceeds go towards the purchase of a technologically-advanced breast biopsy bed for the Breast HealthCare Center at Missouri Baptist Medical Center . For more information about the event or to purchase tickets, go to http://www.missouribaptist.org/chooseyourshoes2

Imo’s sponsors “Cornbread Cares For Kids”

Jessica — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:55:38 +0000

Imo’s Pizza is the Title Sponsor of WIL’s “Cornbread Cares For Kids” Telethon. In an effort to raise money for our local St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Cornbread, WIL-FM’s morning air personality, will engage listeners and activate his “breadheads” into action when he checks in to Children’s Hospital for continuous live broadcast starting at 5 a.m. Wednesday, December 21 and not ending until 10 a.m. Thursday, December 22 to raise money for this hospital. Cornbread will take over the radio station and all on-air shifts will not go home for Christmas until he achieves his fundraising goal to beat last year’s total of $262,000! And Imo’s Pizza is the Title Sponsor of this event. So please listen in to 92.3 starting Wednesday morning to contribute.

Washington Imo’s featured on Show Me St. Louis

Jessica — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:43:07 +0000

Craig Mueller, the Imo’s franchisee owner of Washington and Union Missouri Imo’s was featured November 18, 2011 on KSDK’s “Show Me St. Louis” program. He spoke about Imo’s community involvement. You can view the feature on www.ksdk.com by clicking the following link.

http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=286480

Washington Imo’s supports Great American Smokeout

Jessica — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:41:23 +0000

Craig Mueller, owner of Imo’s Pizza in Washington, will take this year’s Great American Smokeout to a new level.

In addition to donating 10 percent of sales proceeds to the American Cancer Society on Thursday, Nov 17, Mueller will use the day to make a permanent change at the restaurant — one he hopes will impact current and future customers.

Mueller will close the smoking section at the restaurant for good on Nov. 17, the date of the 36th annual Great American Smokeout.

Currently, the smoking section consists of about six tables and 28 to 30 seats.

“We have been thinking about this for a long time,” said Mueller, noting that he has had requests from many customers to make the establishment smoke-free.

“We feel like the public demanded this,” he said. “We’re trying to provide a family friendly atmosphere and cater to everyone’s needs. It’s very difficult to try to divide the smoking section from the rest of the restaurant.”

As the holiday season progresses, more people will be requesting a private area for gatherings, which Mueller said he now will be able to offer.

Some, he said, may have avoided dining in because there is a smoking section. As a business decision he feels going smoke-free is the right move.

“We find families with children in conflict with that section,” he said. “We found that we really weren’t serving either demographic well.”

Additionally, Mueller hopes to set a good example for his young daughter as well as other area restaurants who may be looking to make the shift to completely nonsmoking.

Mueller said he has weighed the possibility that he might offend customers by making the transition, but hopes that by having excellent products and a nice atmosphere he will be able to retain current customers and attract new ones.

“Ultimately, we hope that people who might have been staying away from the dining room, who have been picking up or using delivery can have that (dining) experience,” he said.

The Union Imo’s location has been smoke-free since opening in early 2007.

This is the first time Mueller has supported The Great American Smokeout, although Imo’s holds fundraisers for various groups throughout the year, including Relay for Life.

“We’re hoping to make a statement that we’re getting behind this, that it’s going to be a permanent change for us,” he said.

Mueller said he will be happy to discuss how the transition goes with other area businesses as he makes the change.

“It’s a personal decision for a smoker to choose to smoke, but it’s also a very powerful decision for parents and groups to say ‘We don’t want to go some place where we may be subject to it,” he said. “We realize that we may be taking a chance, but we feel like it’s the right decision.”

http://emissourian.com/more_news/business_news/article_3cdb5ec4-0aeb-11e1-8dae-001cc4c03286.html

Extreme Home Makeover

Jessica — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:00:02 +0000

Don’t forget to watch at 7 p.m. this Friday night on ABC the latest edition of Extreme Home Makeover. TheOverland Park Imo’s provided pizzas and salads to the entire crew during the filming while they built a new home for a soldier dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder.