14TH ANNUAL
PIZZA PALOOZA PROOF OF PERFORMANCE
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THANK YOU Thank you for partnering with the Sylvania Area Chamber of Commerce & Sylvania Recreation District to produce the 14th Annual Pizza Palooza at Centennial Terrace on Friday, July 24th & Saturday, July 25th. Pizza Palooza is always one of Northwest Ohio’s premier and largest events & was proudly sponsored by Sofo Foods. This highly attended event was popular among families and pizza lovers alike. It was such a pleasure to once again host this summer staple event.
THIS EVENT WOULD NOT BE THE SUCCESS IT IS WITHOUT YOU! Sofo Foods | Presenting Sponsor Destination Toledo | Voting Booth Sponsor SOMO Flats | Kids Zone Sponsor WesBanco | T-shirt Sponsor Epic Homes Real Estate | Gold Sponsor Fickwood Plumbing | Gold Sponsor Durocher’s | Gold Sponsor Toledo City Paper | Media Partner Guy in the 419 | Media Partner Lamar | Media Partner iHeart Media | Media Partner Sylvania Advantage | Media Partner Explore 419 | Media Partner WTOL 11 | Media Partner GroundSpeed GBQ Partners LLC
THANK YOU TO OUR AMAZING PIZZA VENDORS! Dandino's Pizza & More Hungry Howie’s Pizza J-Cups Pizza Jet's Pizza Jojo’s Original Pizzeria
Mama Mary's Pizza Mancino’s Pizza & Grinders Pizza Cat Romeo's Pizza The VI: Serving Cameo Pizza
THANK YOU TO OUR AMAZING DESSERT VENDORS! Mayberry Ice Cream Olde Tyme Kettle Korn Stuffed Susie Lynne’s Lemonade
Caleigh Heuring - Destination Toledo Dottie Segur - Sylvania Area Family Services Dustin Dale - Beyond the Horizon Consulting Emily Damschroder - iHeartMedia Timothy Berta - Author & Keynote Heather Pollauf - WTOL 11 Chrys Peterson - Chrys Peterson Consulting Sophia Perricone - WTOL 11 Jim Heller - Valpak Tim Zieroff - Sylvania Schools Todd Woodard - Fickwood Plumbing
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THANK YOU TO OUR AMAZING CELEBRITY JUDGES!
JIM JACOB AWARD
COURTNEY & JULIE Hungry Howie’s Pizza
This year’s Jim Jacob Strength & Spirit Award went to Courtney and Julie from Hungry Howie’s Pizza.
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
Mancino’s Pizza & Grinders
Pizza Cat
J-Cups Pizza
AWARDS
Each year, we honor long-time participant Jim Jacob, founder of J-Cups Pizza, who lost his battle with cancer in 2019 by presenting the 6th Annual “Jim Jacob Strength & Spirit Award.” The staff of the Sylvania Area Chamber of Commerce and Sylvania Recreation District identifyed the individual, pizza vendor or sponsor who showed great sportsmanship, outstanding attitude, sense of comradery, and high integrity, all characteristics that Jim possessed each year at Pizza Palooza and in his daily character.
AWARDS
JUDGE’S CHOICE AWARD CHEESE/PEPPERONI
J-Cups Pizza
Romeo’s Pizza
Jet’s Pizza
JUDGE’S CHOICE AWARD SPECIALTY
Hungry Howie’s Pizza
The VI: Serving Cameo Pizza
Jet’s Pizza
The Blade Digital Ads Total Impressions (over three days): 234,346
ADVERTISEMENTS
Clicks (over three days): 172 Ran on July 2nd, July 23rd, & July 24th
Full Page Advertisements in prominent locations in The Blade’s Peach Weekender and the Sylvania Advantage
Ran in two weekend publications for each newspaper
15-second commercial during local news and major sporting events such as World Cup matches and MLB games
Pizza Palooza included on FOX 36 events calendar Digital ads on FOX 36 website
Half-Off Toledo Tickets sold before the event iHeartMedia commercial played on radio
4 Billboards throughout the City of Toledo and Sylvania
ValPak front and back
Digital Ads & Commerical through WTOL 11
ADVERTISEMENTS
Advertisement in Toledo City Paper
BY THE NUMBERS
ATTENDENCE WE SOLD OUT OF HALFOFF TOLEDO TICKETS!
WE HAD APPROXIMATELY
1,000
6,000
TICKETS SOLD
ATTENDEES THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND
DIGITAL MEDIA
6.1K
5.9K
RESPONDED ON FACEBOOK EVENT
WEBSITE SESSIONS ON PIZZA PALOOZA WEBPAGE
214K+
130K+
TOTAL VIEWS
TOTAL REACH
compared to 170K+ in 2025
compared to 86K+ in 2025
combined on Facebook & Instagram
combined on Facebook & Instagram
1.2K
44
TOTAL INTERACTIONS
TOTAL POSTS
combined on Facebook & Instagram
combined on Facebook & Instagram
EXAMPLES OF TOP PERFORMING SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS 7.8K Views | 90+ Interactions
8.3K Views
28K Views | 90+ Interactions
400+ Votes
31K Views | 110+ Interactions
3.9K Views
2.2K VIEWS
19K Views | 110+ Interactions
24K Views | 180+ Interactions
7.7K Views
12K Views | 65 Interactions
5.6K Views
SOCIAL MEDIA
4.2K Views
6.7K Views | 60 Interactions
IN THE MEDIA - NEWS
IN THE MEDIA - FACEBOOK
AFrame located at entrance of KidsZone Banner located at entrance of VIP Area
LOGO RECOGNITION
Truck located outside entrance to event
All sponsor logos throughout VIP area and throughout general admission areas
Logo recognition on giant LED screen replaying during the entire duration of the event
8' tall Banners with presenting sponsor throughout event
Sponsor logo recognition on event shirt worn by staff and volunteers throughout the weekend
Presenting Sponsor on all awards and Presenting and Voting Booth Sponsor on People’s choice awards
Interactive 8' banner located right outside of the Kids Zone
LOGO RECOGNITION
Voting booth flag displayed outside of Voting Booth
MEDIA DAY
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP