SEAN BOSTON
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Giuseppe's Jr. Submarine Sandwiches-Food Trailer will hold its first-ever Day of Thanks and Giving on Thursday, Nov. 28 at 4 p.m. The event will take place in front of Axe It Up Hutch at 110 W. 2nd Ave.
Giuseppe's Jr. Submarine Sandwiches-Food Trailer owner Nick Bianciella will be handing out over 400 half turkey sub sandwiches and bottled water to those in need.
"I really enjoy giving back as much as I can," Bianciella said. "Being a new food trailer, it just seemed like a good idea, and I want people to know I'm out there. I do definitely want to give back to all of the people that have helped me get to where I'm at so far."
The idea of the event is something that has really taken off for Bianciella.
"Really it just started out as something small too, it kind of got a lot bigger than I thought it was going to get," Bianciella said. "I originally planned on donating about 100 sandwiches to the homeless and just people that don't even have a meal that day. There has been many years I've been not around family and didn't really have much to do on Thanksgiving, so even people like that, not anybody specific."
The reason that Bianciella has been able to go from around 100 sandwiches to over 400 is thanks to other local businesses.
"I got some very generous donations from Jackson Meat, Smith's Market, and then Dillons Marketplace," Bianciella said. "That's where I get my stuff from typically and they stepped it up and now I'm able to donate about 450 sandwiches."
Because of the generous donations, Bianciella thought it'd be good to help out local law enforcement, as well. Bianciella plans on helping out the Hutchinson Fire Department, Hutchinson Police Department, Reno County Sheriff, Reno County EMS and the Hutchinson Correctional Facility.
"I decided I wanted to give back to local law enforcement, the people that are on duty that day, away from their families."
Bianciella is the grandson of the original Giuseppe's location in Hutchinson in the 1970s and 1980s.
"They got all of their stuff from local vendors, as well," Bianciella said. "They got their meat from Jackson, and produce and stuff came from Smith's. I wanted to basically follow in that same exact footstep, the best that I could, cause I brought back a lot of the old memory and give back to the community what they've been missing for about 40 years."
"Axe It Up Hutch offered to donate their location that night for a place to sit down and eat," Bianciella said. "They're going to donate some desserts for that occasion, so it's going to be a pretty awesome time, I can't wait."
Bianciella and a few friends will be the ones wrapping all 450 sandwiches.
"I have a pretty good buddy of mine and another friend of mine, we're all going to tackle it the morning of," Bianciella said. "I'll probably be doing a lot of the prep the day before. Most of it's going to just be me and a couple of friends."