Our Giving

Big Bill’s New York Pizza’s “9/11 Day of Giving” is an annual fundraiser where on the entire day of September 11, guests are asked to make a donation in exchange for their food and drinks at the restaurant. Customers generally donate three to four times what their visit would have normally cost, with all the funds going to Colorado cancer organizations through the JoAnn B. Ficke Cancer Foundation. The entire restaurant staff donates their salary, time and tips for the day. Vendors donate supplies and Ficke covers any extra hard cost.

“Every year when we make our gifts is easily one of the best days of the year for us,” said Dan Ficke. “Everybody involved with Big Bill’s works so hard to make 9/11 a success, and our customers are so generous, their giving is beyond our imagination. To present these checks and to know these great organizations are going to go on helping people going through something very tough like we did just brings it all full circle for my Dad and me. Because of my mom JoAnn, we know first hand about the great work these organizations do, and each one is making a huge positive impact. We are extremely proud to support them.”

Here are summaries from past years:

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2023 Gifts - $150,000

$35,000 to the Cancer League of Colorado to help local researchers working on lymphoma and breast cancer research; Cancer League is able to leverage the donation sometimes up to 20 times for additional funding through partnerships!

$35,000 to the Brent Eley Foundation which provides safe and clean housing to improve the quality of life for children and families living with cancer and other immunocompromising conditions.

$30,000 to Ray of Hope Cancer Foundation which helps meet the urgent needs of Coloradans fighting cancer with a goal that no Colorado cancer patient in need goes without support.

$30,000 to the Children’s Hospital Foundation which is dedicated to fighting pediatric cancer, fixing broken bones and making a world where no parent wakes up at night worrying what’s next.

$10,000 to the Colorado Ovarian Cancer Alliance which provides support to those affected by ovarian cancer to help raise awareness and early detection of ovarian cancer with education and advocacy.

$10,000 to the Colorectal Cancer Alliance which works to knock colon cancer out of the top three of cancer killers and has the goal of ending colorectal cancer in our lifetime.

2022 Gifts - $145,000!

$35,000 to the Cancer League of Colorado 

$35,000 to the Brent's Place

$30,000 to Ray of Hope Cancer Foundation 

$25,000 to the Children’s Hospital Foundation 

$10,000 to the Colorado Ovarian Cancer Alliance 

$10,000 to the Colorectal Cancer Alliance 

2021 Gifts - $150,000!

$35,000 to the Cancer League of Colorado 

$30,000 to Ray of Hope Cancer Foundation 

$25,000 to the Children’s Hospital Foundation

$10,000 to the Colorado Ovarian Cancer Alliance 

$10,000 to the Colorectal Cancer Alliance 

2020 Gifts - $145,000!

$35,000 to the Cancer League of Colorado 

$35,000 to the Rocky Mountain Blood Cancer Assistance Fund 

$30,000 to Ray of Hope Cancer Foundation

$25,000 to the Children’s Hospital Foundation

$10,000 to the Colorado Ovarian Cancer Alliance 

$10,000 to the Colon Cancer Alliance