Giving Back

Bud & Walt’s Pizza and Pasta House Nixa was opened with the purpose of generating funds for Christian mission work. Jim Rogers, his wife Ruth (Walt’s daughter) and Leon Fisher collaborated together to open the Nixa restaurant with this as their motivating force. Jim and Ruth were with Pepsi International in Russia when they met Leon. Leon was serving in Russia as a missionary. After 12 years of ministering in Russia, Leon was forced to leave the country. It was at this time that Jim and Ruth approached Leon with the idea of resurrecting Bud & Walt’s famous recipes and opening a restaurant to generate funds to support not only the ongoing mission in Russia, but potentially other countries, including the United States.

To this end, Bud & Walt’s Nixa exists. Currently Bud & Walt’s Nixa donates 50% of its net profits to Christian missions.