Helping Others Make the Effort raises $8,100 with Abuelo's Grand Opening

The past week has been filled with lots of fun and food at the Grand Opening of Abuelo's Mexican Restaurant at the Loop-West. Helping Others Make the Effort was honored to be the beneficiary of all the proceeds from the pre-training activities and got to enjoy some great food in the process.

The project began in October when Michael Codner, Abuelo's Proprietor, began researching which nonprofit Abuelo's would like to work with during the grand opening. Codner and the restaurant's manager, Kim, visited the HOME campus and after receiving a tour decided to sponsor HOME in their upcoming opening.

The HOME staff spent Wednesday Dec. 3 - Saturday Dec. 6 at Abuelo's telling the story of Helping Others Make the Effort to all who visited the information table and through handouts that each table received when they were seated. The handouts explained that by spending just $25 at Abuelo's on drinks and desserts one family could be sponsored for a full day.

Saturday night was HOME night at Abuelo's and it was packed with board members, volunteers, and friends enjoying the great desserts and drinks knowing that all the proceeds would go back to a great cause.

Abuelo's invited Helping Others Make the Effort to the ribbon cutting on Monday and presented Cara Eule, Executive Director, with a check for $7,500. With the donations from the information table HOME broke Abuelo's grand opening record by raising $8,100. This amount is almost enough to house a family in HOME's transitional housing program for an entire year!

Helping Others Make the Effort wishes to thank Abuelo's for choosing HOME, the Aubelo's wait staff for all their hard work, and especially all those who enjoyed a delicious dessert or drinks on behalf of HOME.

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