Saturday, October 5th 2013 was a very special day for hundreds struggling single parent families. While the unemployed and underemployed single mothers came to Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation to stock up their own pantries and extend their grocery budgets, the children dived right into Olive Garden’s steamy pasta with marinara sauce. The SIXTY savory breadsticks were gone in no time!

Once the mothers collected groceries to go, families sat down together to eat. True, few children were excited by the salads, but the single mothers whose lives are fraught with hardship had a nice restaurant-quality meal and a welcome moment of joy watching their little rascals devour the breadsticks and eating (playing!) with pasta. The food was great and a good time was had by all!

Special thanks to Burbank’s Olive Garden and its manager, Mr. Jay Olmos: food is sustenance, but good food brings comfort. The meals you so generously donated to impoverished single parents and children brought comfort to those who need it most.
It’s great to know that the restaurant we all like, cares about all members of our community.

Olive Garden Italian Restaurant
1741 N. Victory Pl.
Burbank, CA 91504
Website: www.OliveGarden.com