Everyone is very friendly and helpful. They don't pass judgement. They offer a lot of food.read more

This place is an essential part of Atascadero. It provides the hungry with food and toiletries for…read morethe homeless and low income. These lovely senior volunteers are extremely friendly and respectful. They treat you like individuals and can tell they care a great deal. They also connect people with other low income services like The Salvation Army or Social Services. I use this place when I am in need and it has definitely helped me be able to get access to healthy foods when I can't afford it.

I visit Goodwill often, but typically only on 2 out of 5 visits will I find something. Now that so…read moremuch of the stock is Target overstock it sort of tarnishes that fun, thrift energy that I've always liked about Goodwill. Great service from the staff! They are attentive, friendly, and helpful. I greatly appreciate their hard work in keeping the store organized and neat. ​

Was clean, well stocked location. My daughter found some cute tops & some name brand work out…read moreoutfits for descent price.

I've visited dozens of dog rescue organizations over the last six months. I found this to be one…read moreof the best in terms of cleanliness, design, well-funded by community support, kind staffers. Regrettably, it's first come, first serve and I live four hours away. If I ever saw a dog on their website which I wanted to adopt, there was no way they could hold the dog for me while I drove the four hours. But a great organization.

I had my 4 lb chi spayed here and could not be happier!!!! What a fantastic experience!!! If I…read morecould give 100000 stars I would ... highly recommend

A growing, positive, and friendly spiritual community led by dynamic leaders, Dr. Frank Zummallen…read moreand Rev. Terry ZumMallen. Inspirational and motivating messages every week inspire me!!

Awakenings Spiritual Community in the Atascadero Lake Pavillion. I was raised Catholic and have…read moresearched for a guilt free, spiritual community for 40 years. A single thread of wisdom flows through all of the great religious beliefs and that is what is uncovered at Awakenings; Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, etc. Amazing wonderful spiritual beautiful musical loving thought provoking intelligent community... Sundays at 10am - Atascadero Lake Pavillion. Terry and Frank - they take turns lecturing from one Sunday to the next. Awakenings is hands-down one of the best things about living in Atascadero. Coffee and food at the end of every gathering too! Love, love the people there.

Lovely rescue! You can tell they love and respect the cats in their care. We were visiting the area…read moreand since my cat is on the other side of the country, I was very much missing her. It was wonderful to spend time with the kitties. Hot Rod was such a good girl. I hope someone snaps her up so they can enjoy her gentle personality.

This is the best cat shelter we have ever visited. We come every time we are in Cambria. The staff…read morereally are passionate about caring for all these cats waiting for a forever home. They have a great little gift shop with cat themed gifts. They are very donation dependent. We won a great painting by a local artist at auction to help support the shelter.

Thanks to Luke, our YELP organizer, for the suggestion that we write about local places that we…read moresupport by donations or volunteering! Even though I give food to lots of local food drives, I would not have made the trip over to the Food Bank myself without a little extra impetus! The Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo has just changed its name to the San Luis Obispo County Food Bank. They are located on Kendall Road, across from the airport, and will take direct donations. We had a bunch of dry soups near their expiration date, and packaged them all up in a box and took them over. They were happy to give us a short tour, and we were surprised to see that they are in a big warehouse space. Our "guide" told us that they feed 30,000 individuals in SLO per month. I also read an article in the New Times that stated that they are looking for a new director. Our donation weighed in at 27 pounds. We got a receipt, and felt good for taking the drive over to the Food Bank.

Dropped off two frozen turkeys for Thanksgiving. Everyone there was polite, friendly and…read moreprofessional. The business appeared clean and modern. There are opportunities to volunteer. Parking was easy outside the building. Glad we have this service in our community.