California Bar and Grill’s 17th Annual Wing Eating Competition Call for Teams

Restaurant Prepares for Annual Fundraiser Supporting Easter Seals Eastern Pennsylvania

Shillington, PA, February 19, 2009– California Bar and Grill today announced a call for teams for the 17th Annual Wing Eating Competition which benefits Easter Seals Eastern Pennsylvania. Every year since 1992, California Bar and Grill has rallied people from around the area to enjoy a day of fun with their delicious wings to improve the lives of people living with disabilities – raising over $35,000 to date for Easter Seals.

Download registration form at: http://esep.easterseals.com/site/DocServer/ESEP_2009_wings_reg_011409.pdf?docID=88503, visit www.esep-easterseals.com and click on events or call California Bar and Grill at 610-777-7224 to enter.

California Bar and Grill’s 17th Annual Wing Eating Competition

WHEN
Sunday, March 8, 2009
2 PM to 4 PM
Registration begins at 1 PM

WHERE
California Bar & Grill
Route 724 and Mountain View Rd
Shillington, PA


HOW IT WORKS
Three-person teams choose to compete in a category: Medium, Hot or Suicide. The teams in the medium and hot categories have nine minutes to eat as many wings as possible. Teams in the suicide category have three minutes to eat as many as they can. There is an entry donation of $75.00 per team. Winning teams in each category receive a $100 gift certificate for California Bar and Grill and each winner takes home the coveted famous "pig" trophy! Team registration deadline is February 25, 2009. For more information and registration forms visit www.easterseals-easternpa.org/wings.

"By supporting this gut-busting, fun-filled event, either through your own gluttonous indulgence of the region’s best wings or by sponsoring a team, you help Easter Seals Eastern Pennsylvania provide services to children and adults living with disabilities," says Al Hulsizer, owner of California Bar and Grill. "This year I want to beat our record of 5000 wings eaten in a single afternoon and the 186 wings record eaten by a single team."

About California Bar and Grill
Voted Best Wings in Berks in 2007 by Berks County Living Magazine, California Bar and Grill offers contemporary American cuisine in a friendly atmosphere. Enjoy dining in the television enriched dining areas, or grab some great food to go from our carry out. For more information visit our website at www.californiabarandgrill.biz.

About Easter Seals Eastern Pennsylvania (ESEP)
ESEP serves more than 3,000 children and adults with disabilities throughout a seven county region that encompasses Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, Pike and Schuylkill Counties. ESEP supports programs for people with disabilities including early intervention, medical rehabilitation, community medical clinics and camping and recreation programs. All operations are coordinated through the administrative office located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, with three regional offices located in Bethlehem, East Stroudsburg and Reading. For more information about services available in eastern Pennsylvania visit www.easterseals-easternpa.org.

About Easter Seals Across the Nation
Easter Seals is the leading non-profit provider of services for individuals with autism, developmental disabilities, physical and mental disabilities, and other special needs. For more than 85 years, we have been offering help and hope to children and adults living with disabilities, and to the families who love them. Through therapy, training, education and support services, Easter Seals creates life-changing solutions so that people with disabilities can live, learn, work and play. Support children and adults with disabilities at www.easterseals-easterpa.org.

Media Contact:
Gwen Hoover, AltitudeMarketing
P: 610.421.8601
gwen@altitudemarketing.com

Registration/Sponsorship Information:
Easter Seals Eastern Pennsylvania
P: 610.289.0114
event@easterseals-easternpa.org
www.easterseals-easternpa.org

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