Jonah's Pancake Breakfast

13 Kline Street,Harrington Park NJ 07640

24 April, 2022

Description

Join us for a Pancake Breakfast Benefitting the Bease Family! Event Details:Pancake Breakfast including Sausage, Coffee & JuicesDate: Sunday, April 24th 2022 Time: 8AM - 11:30AM Location: Harrington Park Fire Department Tickets: $10 -- to be purchased ahead of time, or in cash at the door the day of the event. Jonah's Story: My name is Oggi Echavarria and I'm the owner of Cork & Crust Restaurant, Raw Oyster Bar & Italian Kitchen and Brown's Best Raw Dog Food in Harrington Park. In February, a 12 year old boy named Jonah showed up at my restaurant and ordered a pizza, but had no money to pay for it. I asked him where his parents were and he was hesitant to tell me at first, but then explained he had taken a bus and ended up in Harrington Park and was hungry and looking for food. At some point during our conversation I realized he was autistic. I told him the pizza was on the house as long as I could have a phone number to call his parents. After doing so, I found out he ran away from school and they'd been looking for him all day. Jonah's dad explained that he and his wife were going through financial difficulties and lost their home, which led to the state placing Jonah in foster care for the last year. His parents currently reside in separate homeless shelters, and have been working to try and save money to get their family back together again, but it's been challenging. When I asked Jonah why he ran away, he said "I don't understand why I can't be with my parents, I love them so much." Jonah is now back with his foster parents, but this heartbreaking story has touched me and many others, so I want to do everything possible to help reunite this family. We started a GoFundMe to help raise funds, and this is our first of several fundraisers that will help Jonah reunite with his family. All proceeds will benefit the Bease family. If you'd like to make additional donations, you can find our GoFundMe HERE.