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Thank you for joining us for dine out for ukraine night!

3/17/2022

 
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Thank you, thank you, thank you! ​
Last Wednesday's, "Dine/Drink out for Ukraine" (organized by Hood River Eats and Solstice Pizza)  was more successful than I could have ever imagined.

Restaurants, breweries, wineries, taphouses, and coffee shops were packed all day. pFriem was on an hour wait; when we walked into 64 Oz (taphouse) near their normal closing time, the business was packed; and many of the business owners we talked to said business was above normal on Wednesday. 

Together, eaters and drinkers in the Gorge managed to raise $25,000 for the World Central Kitchen. That's incredible! 

What you didn't see was that behind the scenes this event was powered by servers, dishwashers, bussers, cooks, hostesses, managers, dough makers, and bartenders. A huge shout-out goes to them for their hard work on Wednesday. Many businesses are short-staffed these days, closing unexpectedly if a staff member calls in sick. The labor market in the Gorge is tight and difficult but every restaurant that committed to the fundraiser found a way to make it work Wednesday. A huge thanks to them and their staff. 

The easiest part of this fundraiser was getting restaurants to join the cause. It's unbelievable how supportive this community is. All it took was a few emails and phone calls to get 20 restaurants on board and from there the event snowballed. On Wednesday, 41 establishments pledged to donate a portion of proceeds to the World Central Kitchen. On Thursday, we heard from additional restaurants saying that they had been closed or short-staffed on Wednesday but were planning to donate proceeds from a different day. Then, over the weekend many wineries decided to donate a percent of their sales to the fundraiser. In the end, we had almost 50 participants. 

A huge shout out to everyone who donated online, ate out, worked, or helped us spread the word. Thank you all for making this event so successful. 
In gratitude, 
Melissa Haskin, Owner, Hood River Eats

Want to find out more about the WCK? Click here. Want to donate? Head to this link. Funds go directly to WCK. If you would like your donation to go directly to the Ukraine, you can mention it in the comments box when you donate. 

THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING BUSINESSES FOR PARTICIPATING IN "DINE/DRINK OUT FOR UKRAINE" NIGHT
10 Speed Coffee 
Local Rhoots
Broder Ost
Pine Street
New York City Sub Shop
Pfriem Family Brewers 
White Salmon Baking
Gorges Brewing Co. 
Celilo
Solstice Wood Fire Pizza
Gorge Wine Library
Volcanic Bottle Shoppe
Thunder Island Brewing Company 
Freebridge Brewing
Egg River Cafe
Evoke
64 Oz 
Sushi Okalani 
Stave and Stone 
Double Mountain Brewery 
Boda's Kitchen
Mugen Noodle 
Camp 1805
Crush Cider Cafe
Feast Market & Delicatessen
Bette's Place Restaurant
Ground Coffee
Doppio
Working Hands/Slopeswell Cider
Riverside
River Daze Cafe 
Pizza Leona 
Henni's Kitchen and Bar
PESCO  food truck (located in the lot next to Windance)
The Mesquitery
Mylan Wines 
Randonne Coffee (1104 1st Ave, Mosier, OR 97040)
Lilo's Hood River
China Gorge
Kickstand Coffee & Kitchen
Treebird Market
Everybody's Brewing 
Aniche Cellars 
Cor Cellars 
Domaine Pouillon
The Pines 1852
6th Street Grill

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