Margaritas Mexican Restaurant in Pasadena will host the next Family Promise fundraiser on Monday, May 21!
Just print out the attached flier and take it to Margaritas anytime between 11:30 a.m. and 9 p.m. and have a meal. Margaritas will donate a portion of the proceeds to Family Promise! The restaurant is at 155. S. Rosemead Blvd. in Pasadena.
Our thanks to Margaritas, who also donated soup for Empty Bowls!
We are planning to hold an appreciation event on Sunday, June 3, for our Club 360 members!
Club 360 members are those who have made a commitment to support Family Promise of San Gabriel Valley by donating at least $360 annually, either in one lump payment or installments.
The event will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. at 744 Stanton St. in Pasadena.
We encourage Club 360 members to attend and invite a guest who is interested in joining Club 360.
For more information, contact Karen Roberson at 626-569-0991 or karen.roberson@fpsgv.org.
Here are photos from Empty Bowls from photographers Marsha Downing Austin and Justin Morgan! Our thanks for their time and efforts!
We had more than 300 people attend Empty Bowls and raised more than $11,000 for Family Promise of San Gabriel Valley. Our thanks to all those who attended, volunteered or donated to the event!
Our thanks to everyone who came out to Empty Bowls today! It was a wonderful event, and we were glad to see so many people support Family Promise of San Gabriel Valley in its mission to help homeless families.
Thanks, too, to the volunteers, the potters who donated bowls, to the restaurants and cooks who donated the food, and to the musicians who performed today! You were awesome!
Please check back for Empty Bowls photos and other info as we get them.
Although online registration for Empty Bowls is closed, you can still get a ticket to buy a bowl, sip some soup and help homeless families.
Just show up at the event tomorrow, anytime between 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. at Sierra Madre United Methodist Church, 695 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. Tickets are available at the door for $30.
For more information, click here.
In addition to the video they published featuring our Champion Donor Lynn Hendricks, The Pasadena Star-News and San Gabriel Valley Tribune ran a story about Empty Bowls today. To read it, click here.
The Pasadena Star-News/San Gabriel Valley Tribune produced a video on our Empty Bows Champion Donor, Lynn Hendricks of First Christian Church Fine Arts Academy in Glendora.
Lynn and the academy made and donated 200 bowls for us to sell at Empty Bowls. Our thanks to Lynn and First Christian!
Today, is the last chance to register online for Empty Bowls! After today, tickets will only be available at the door on Sunday for $30!
We hope to see you Sunday!
Check out our very first video!
The Empty Bowls 2012 video was created by Amber CoreyMarshàe Austin, a high school senior, and edited by Diane McClain!
Amber and Diane attend one of our congregations.
At Empty Bowls, we will have a variety of soups to choose from, including:
Our thanks to Kingdom Causes Alhambra-Monterey Park for collecting a special Good Friday service offering for Family Promise of San Gabriel Valley.
