The El Camino Homeless Organization is providing assistance to community members amidst the heatwave.
Though ECHO’s overall mission is to help homeless community members, they run a nightly meal program that’s available to anyone in the communities of Paso Robles and Atascadero. ECHO director of development and operations Austin Solheim said “It is just a safe place for anyone to come to cool off, to get food, [and] to get water…”
ECHO also runs a community shower program Monday through Friday from 3:30 to 5 pm. Solheim further said that outreach case managers are engaging with community members daily to inform them of ECHO’s various programs.
