SBPD, Hope Ministries visited by Little Caesars 'Love Kitchen' Thursday

"Thank you to Jeff and Little Caesar’s Love Kitchen and local Little Caesar’s restaurants and their owner Scott for bringing this amazing truck to Hope today and feeding delicious pizza to the community! Thanks for filling our tummies and putting smiles on our faces," Hope Ministries of South Bend wrote on Facebook.SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The South Bend Police Department had an unexpected delivery on Thursday afternoon when they say the Little Caesars Pizza's 'Love Kitchen' parked in front of their precinct.

The truck also stopped by Hope Ministries of South Bend to hand out free pizza to community members in need. 

"Thank you to Jeff and Little Caesars Love Kitchen and local Little Caesars restaurants and their owner Scott for bringing this amazing truck to Hope today and feeding delicious pizza to the community! Thanks for filling our tummies and putting smiles on our faces," Hope Ministries wrote on Facebook.

The first version of the 'Love Kitchen' started in 1985 and grew from there.

"The mission to help those in need triggered a Pizza for People' campaign – eventually becoming known as the Little Caesars Love Kitchen," the company wrote on their website. "Serving nearly four million people, our Love Kitchen trucks travel the United States providing relief to the food insecure, people without housing, disaster survivors, military and first responders."

Little Caesars says since 1985, an estimated 50,000 franchise owners and employees have volunteered their time, food and labor to support the program in their local communities.