Cask & Cleaver Restaurant to Hold Fund-raiser for YMCA
Cask & Cleaver Restaurant will hold a fund-raiser for the Riverside City & County YMCA on Wednesday, Oct. 25. It takes place at the newly-remodeled Cask & Cleaver Restaurant in Riverside, CA.
Riverside, CA (PRWEB) October 9, 2006
The Riverside Cask ‘n Cleaver Steakhouse will host a wine tasting to benefit the Riverside City & County YMCA Wednesday, Oct. 25 from 6 p. m. to 8 p. m. Tickets are $50. The Cask ’n Cleaver is located at 1333 University Ave. in Riverside.
Inland Empire residents Chuck and Linda Keagle own the Cask ‘n’ Cleaver, a chain they started back in the late 1960s with the help of three college friends. They have been committed to Riverside since opening the Cask ‘n’ Cleaver there in 1969.
“The YMCA has helped so many people in Riverside” said Chuck Keagle. “ We consider it an honor to help this organization continue putting on the fine programs it has for so many years.”
“Admission will allow guests to experience our newly remodeled restaurant while tasting wine from premium California wineries and also partake of a sumptuous appetizer buffet including prime rib beef, chicken and seafood items,” said Cliff Scott, marketing director for the Cask ‘n Cleaver Steakhouse.
The YMCA’s history in Riverside goes back to Nov. 24, 1884 when it opened its first center on the corner of Lemon Street and Eighth Avenue. Eighth Avenue would later come to be known as University Avenue.
The early YMCA grew so fast it had to move to a new building next to the Mission Inn in 1889. Its second location was on land donated by Frank Miller, original owner of the Mission Inn.
From then until the 1960s, the Riverside City & County YMCA served as a place for men and boys to gather for sports, social and religious events and educational activities. It also served as shelter for young men away from home, as one of its stated purposes was to provide the men with rental rooms away from the influences found at hotels.
In 1949, the Y received a tract of land near Black Mountain in the San Jacinto Mountains as a gift from Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Lackey of Corona. It maintained Camp Lackey until 1990 when year-round maintenance and access problems forced the sale of the camp. It now rents space for three different YMCA camps and sends 400-500 boys and girls to camp each year.
In the late 1960s, people weren’t visiting downtown Riverside as they once did, because it had ceased to be a major retail shopping area. This, and the need for expansion, prompted the Y to select its present location at 4020 Jefferson Street, where it has been since 1968.
The YMCA of Riverside City & County also conducts programs at more than 50 locations through collaborative relationships with schools, cities, churches, county government entities, and other facilities throughout Western Riverside County. These programs serve more than 20,000 people, from toddler through senior citizen, especially focusing on youth ages 14 to 21.
And so, it finds itself with a challenge that has faced for more than a century – needing more money and more space to provide for the social and recreational needs of a growing region.
“We are grateful the Cask ‘n Cleaver is so willing to help,” said Mark Malak, CEO of the Riverside City and County YMCA. “It has always been through the generosity of our community that we’ve been able to grow, and this donation by the Cask ‘n Cleaver restaurant shows that kind of community spirit remains alive and well to this day.”
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