Rocco’s Annual Pizza Easting Contest – Thank you to Rocco’s Pizza on 5th Avenue in Brooklyn for donating the proceeds from their 11th Annual Pizza Eating Contest on Sunday May 31st 2015 at 1pm. The contest, which always draws a large crowd of spectators, raises money for charity. “Every year, we donate money to a […]
On the outside, Pietro Joseph Scarso looks like an ordinary kid. On the inside, though, the 5-year-old Brooklyn boy is deteriorating. That’s because Pietro is one of 3,500 boys worldwide born annually with Duchenne muscular dystrophy…Read full article >>
State Senator Marty Golden has partnered with Pietro’s Fight to announce “PJ’S for PJ”, a December 18 fundraiser on for Pietro J. Scarso, a Bay Ridge boy battling Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. The event organizers are calling…Read full article >>
The gloves were out on Thursday, March 12 as over 550 people made their way to El Caribe Country Club to join Pietro Scarso in his fight against DMD – Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, an incurable disease that affects one out of every 3,600 boys. The organization’s third annual dinner dance saw the likes of…Read full […]
Students from all over Southwest Brooklyn are being asked by a health advocacy group to wear pajamas to school for one day next month and to donate $5 each to help a five-year-old Bay Ridge boy and others like him battle a rare and potentially deadly form of Muscular Dystrophy. The event, to be held […]
Pietro’s Fight – a local organization dedicated to funding Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) research and finding a cure – hosted its second annual 5K, “The Second Heat,” on Saturday, September 12. “We had an absolutely amazing day with weather to match,” lauded Ridgeite Dayna Scarso, founder of Pietro’s Fight and loving mother of five-year-old Pietro […]
As far as fund-raisers go, this one will be a sleeper hit. Bay Ridgites will don their jammies on Dec. 18 to raise money to end the disease that is slowly claiming the life of a local youth. More than 10 area schools will let students wear pajamas to class if they make a donation […]
Pietro’s Fight – a local organization dedicated to funding Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) research and finding a cure – hosted its second annual children’s event, “Bump, Crash and Smash DMD” on Friday, June 6 – raising over $30,000 and announcing the progress of Sarepta, the drug supporters have helped to fund. “The event was excellent, […]
Over 550 people made their way to the El Caribe Country Club for Pietro’s Fight Round 2, a benefit to raise money to find a cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) for non-profit organization, pietrosfight.org. The event, held on March 20, raised nearly $180,000. “We were both overwhelmed and happy. It always amazes us,” said […]
It’s time for round two. Pietrosfight.org is holding Fight Night Round Two at El Caribe Country Club on March 20, a benefit to raise money to find a cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). This disease creates muscle weakness, which increasingly worsens over time. It is considered the most lethal and common childhood disorder. Kids diagnosed at […]