FAMILY PROMISE OF SAN GABRIEL VALLEY WILL HOLD FIFTH ANNUAL

EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER

Sunday, April 24th from 12:00 noon-3:00 P.M. Family Promise of San Gabriel Valley will hold its fifth annual Empty Bowls Luncheon at the Sierra Madre Methodist Church, 695 Sierra Madre Blvd. in Sierra Madre (corner of Sierra Madre and Michillinda Blvds. with parking from Michillinda). For $30 in advance ($35 at the door) attendees will receive a handcrafted ceramic bowl, soup, bread, cookies and one chance at a gift basket. Additional tickets can be purchased for the gift baskets to increase one’s chances of winning. Registration is available online at bit.ly/bowls16 or through participating churches.

All proceeds from the event will go to Family Promise of San Gabriel Valley, a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization that shelters homeless families and helps them find employment and housing.

Entertainment will be provided by various individuals and groups. Each group or individual will perform for about 20 minutes starting at noon.

There will also be an Artist Village, where local artisans will have their pottery, etc. for sale. For more information on the event see www.fpsgv.org.

The Family Promise Program started originally in 1988 in Summit, New Jersey and is presently in 42 States with 185 affiliates. More than 160,000 volunteers in 6,000 congregations help more than 53,000 homeless family members annually with 60 percent of them being children. Nearly 80 percent of those who enter the program find long-term housing in less than two months. Participating congregations in the Family Promise of San Gabriel Valley program are Alhambra Seventh Day Adventist Church, Alhambra True Light Presbyterian, Altadena Seventh Day Adventist Church, Church of the Good Shepherd United Methodist (Arcadia), Community Church on Holliston (Pasadena), Evergreen Baptist Church of Los Angeles (Rosemead), First Baptist Church of Alhambra, First United Methodist Church of Temple City, Friendship Baptist Church (Pasadena), Lincoln Avenue Baptist Church (Pasadena), Mission Valley Free Methodist Church (San Gabriel), One Voice Church (Pasadena), St. Stephen Martyr Catholic Parish (Monterey Park), St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (Monterey Park), New Harvest (Monterey Park) Sierra Madre United Methodist Church (Sierra Madre), South Pasadena Christian Church and Trinity Church of the Nazarene (Monterey Park)