Empty bowls fundraiser announces participating restaurants, bakeries

–El Camino Homeless Organization is holding its 4th Annual Empty Bowls event next week on Thursday, April 25, at Atascadero Bible Church, 6225 Atascadero Ave., Atascadero. New this year, is a choice to attend lunch at 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and dinner at 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The event features delectable soups, stews and chowders from local restaurant chefs and artisan breads from local bakeries. Reprising their role are local celebrities coming to serve attendees.

Local restaurants and bakeries participating and donating in this years’ event include:

Catering by Chef Charlie

The Restaurant at Justin Vineyards

Dan’s Grub Shack

Il Cortile

Guest House Grill

Atascadero Cafe

Streetside Ale House

McPhee’s Grill

Pedro’s Mexican Restaurant

Trumpet Vine Catering

Outlaws Bar & Grill

The Wellness Kitchen

Hofbrau Morro Bay

Dan Cook

Giovanni’s Fish Market & Galley

Nino’s Grill

Odyssey World Café

Brian’s Bread

The Full Belly Deli

Back Porch Bakery

Tickets are available for purchase at www.echoshelter.org as well as at the Atascadero Chamber Office, located at 6907 El Camino Real, Atascadero, for $25 each. Individuals and families are encouraged to participate in this fun-filled afternoon and evening of fellowship and soup tasting. Guests will take home a beautiful pottery bowl as a reminder of all the “empty bowls” in the world.

ECHO operates a safe and secure overnight 50-bed shelter to meet the immediate needs of families and individuals who have become homeless. With a unique residency program, residents are provided case management services to assist them in securing a job and finding permanent and sustainable housing within three months of entering the shelter program. While enrolled in the program, residents learn life skills for employment, budgeting, healthier habits and more. The goal and the result of this practical support is the empowerment of residents to move in a positive direction while assisting them in acquiring the skills and services they need to become self-sustaining, including stable housing.

“Through our Empty Bowls event we encourage the community to help support those who are hungry and homeless,” says Wendy Lewis, President/CEO, “ECHO served 52,934 meals in 2018 to people facing hunger and homelessness in SLO County. We are grateful for our supporters assisting us in our mission to end homelessness in our community.”

ECHO’s Empty Bowls is supported by many local organizations and businesses including:

Brezden Pest Control

Doug & Kathy Howard

Atascadero 76

Central Coast Printing

KSBY

Andros Engineering

Dimes Media

County of SLO

Justin Vineyards & Winery

The Tribune

Twin Cities Community Hospital

Pacific Premier Bank

SCI Construction

ABC Church

Gerber’s Auto Services

Digital West

Rabobank

Twin Cities Surveying

BHE Renewables

Eric Gobler Civil Engineering

For more information, visit www.echoshelter.org.

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