Businessman donates dough to grief center

Rosette Gonzales

SOUTHEAST GLENDALE -- Pizza lovers in Glendale and Burbank can savor

their first good deed for the new year by ordering Domino’s Pizza on

Jan. 1.

Tim Behm, owner of six Domino’s stores in the Glendale and Burbank

area, will be donating $1 for every order placed Saturday. The

beneficiary will be The Center for Grief and Loss for Children, a

local organization that helps bereaved children and their parents

overcome the loss of a family member.

Each month, Behm chooses a charity for the fundraiser. This is the

third month his Domino’s stores have raised funds for the center.

“I’ve got two kids with cystic fibrosis, and I kind of realize

there’s a lot of other needs out there for everyone, but especially

for kids,” Behm said.

He expects to collect about $1,000 for the charity on Saturday.

“Party holidays like Super Bowl day will be a good one,” Behm

said.

The center relies heavily on donations, said co-founder Joan

Etherton, and Domino’s fundraisers are a big help.

“Tim is just a wonderful person with a big heart. If you’re going

to buy pizza, buy it from Tim,” Etherton said.

On Tuesday, she received a call from a social worker at a local

hospital regarding two children whose mother had just been killed in

a car crash.

“I explained to the social worker what to say, what to do and

where to send them. That’s what we do here at the Center for Grief

and Loss for Children.”