The Cake Bar supports World Cocoa Foundation’s ECHOES program with a fundraiser

Entry by: Charlie Feezel and Bill Guyton, World Cocoa Foundation For those of you in the Washington, DC area, we hope you can join participate in the 3rd annual You Are Loved event held by The Cake Bar on February 13 to celebrate Valentine’s Day. The event will feature some of The Cake Bar’s chocolate cakes and liquor flavored fudges. Artisanal cheeses, fruit, dessert wines, and coffee will also be served. Entrance fee is $20. The proceeds from the silent auction and $5 of the entrance fee will benefit the World Cocoa Foundation’s Empowering Cocoa Households with Opportunities and Education Solutions (ECHOES) Program. Read more about the ECHOES program in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire which provides improved teacher training, resource centers, functional literacy training, students receiving in-school vocational agricultural training, out-of-school youth and parents receiving business development training and family scholarships. You Are Loved 2010 will focus on raising money to provide out-of-school youth with the start-up kits, containing tools and materials, they receive at the end of their training to start their businesses. The event will take place at Studio Gallery, 2108 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 on the bottom floor. The gallery is located in a townhouse one block from Connecticut Avenue near the Dupont Circle Metro. The current exhibition will stay in place. We at World Cocoa Foundation would like to thank Carla and the event organizers for including us in this event.