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MORE WAYS TO HELP<br />
• Season of Hope: Bring non-perishable food items<br />
and new, unwrapped toys to any local fire station or<br />
various participating businesses through Dec. 15. Local<br />
television station KSBY partners with several organizations<br />
to distribute items collected during the drive;<br />
all donations remain on the Central Coast. Make a financial<br />
donation, or find a full list of items needed and<br />
drop off locations by clicking the Season of Hope tab<br />
at ksby.com.<br />
• Donate to ECHO: El Camino Homeless Organization<br />
(ECHO) provides food, shelter and other<br />
critical services to individuals and families with<br />
children. Donate at echoshelter.net or send checks<br />
payable to ECHO, P.O. Box 2077, Atascadero, CA<br />
93423; call 462-3663 for more info. Donate clothing<br />
and household items to Gatherings Thrift and North<br />
County Christian School Thrift Shop; both are located<br />
in Atascadero and many proceeds directly benefit<br />
ECHO.<br />
• Hope for the Holidays: Add non-perishable<br />
food items to collection boxes situated at various locations<br />
throughout the county through Dec. 15. Volunteers<br />
are needed to hand out most-needed-items<br />
lists to customers entering participating grocery<br />
stores. Businesses may host a money box or match donations<br />
from employees and donate the funds. Click<br />
on the Hope for the Holidays tab at slofoodbank.org<br />
for more info.<br />
• Can your library fines: Through Dec. 30, $1<br />
in fines is forgiven for every canned or other nonperishable<br />
food item donated ($16 max per library<br />
card account). Bring cans of soup, chili, fruit and<br />
vegetables, packages of rice or pasta and more to<br />
the Paso Robles library main desk to “Can<br />
Your Fines.” Details available at the library or<br />
237-3870.<br />
• Donate to Loaves and Fishes: Send monetary<br />
donations to P.O. Box 1720, Paso Robles, CA 93447<br />
or click on the PayPal link at loavesandfishespaso<br />
.org. Bring commercially produced and sealed food<br />
donations or fresh produce from your garden to the<br />
back-alley entrance of 2650 Spring St. (entrance<br />
through 26th St.) on: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,<br />
9 to 11 a.m. or 2 to 4 p.m. or on Thursday from 5:30<br />
to 7 p.m.; phone 238-4742.<br />
From all of us at Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong>,<br />
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays<br />
December <strong>2017</strong>, <strong>PASO</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> 29
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