In response to the shortage of key staples needed by the Orange County Rescue Mission for its food boxes, Newport Beach-based Daddy Cakes® is setting an example for other area businesses to follow by hosting a pancake breakfast at 10 a.m. until noon on Saturday, October 24, 2009. The breakfast will be held at the OC Rescue Mission’s Village of Hope (Located at One Hope Drive in Tustin, Calif. 92782) and is open to the public. Guests may either pay $5 per person or donate five cans of food or other non-perishable items.
In addition, Daddy Cakes will be serving breakfast to the approximately 200 residents at the Village of Hope and will be donating 150 one-pound pouches of pancake and waffle mix, which is the equivalent of more than 3,100 pancakes. The food boxes are delivered to homeless and families affected by the recession throughout Orange County.
“As the effects of the recession deepen, the number of families who rely on the assistance of shelters in our area has been skyrocketing. In response to calls for help, Daddy Cakes coordinated a pancake breakfast with government officials and donated to the food boxes at a shelter in Costa Mesa, and now, will host this similar event and donate 125 food boxes for families served by the Orange County Rescue Mission,” commented Dan Byers, founder of Daddy Cakes. “When I learned that the Orange County Rescue Mission had distributed more than 84,100 meals to families in need of assistance in our community in the past six months, I knew I had to step in to help, and I urge others in the community to come together to help our neighbors in need.”
