LAKEPORT — It”s that time again — time to ring in the holiday season with the beginning of the Lake County Christmas Fund.
The day after the Thanksgiving holiday marks the beginning of the fund, which raises money for families in need of a holiday gift basket. Each year, Lake County Publishing, Bruno”s Shop Smart and the Lakeport Rotary Club sponsor the Lake County Christmas Fund. Your generosity last year raised an all-time high of $33,822.
This is our 22nd year of providing food baskets for families throughout Lake County. The 1,200 food baskets will be distributed equally to families on south and north sides of the lake.
You can help the Lake County Christmas Fund by donating whatever you can spare and bringing it to any of the five Westamerica Bank branches or the two Umpqua Bank branches that are in Lake County.
Your donation and holiday message will be noted in both the Lake County Record-Bee and the Clear Lake Observer?American.
Families can sign up between 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., beginning Monday at the Lake Community Resource Center, 896 Lakeport Blvd. in Lakeport. Sign-ups will continue Monday through Friday, ending Dec. 15. For more information, please call 262-1611.
You must live in one of the following zip codes to receive a basket in Lakeport: Kelseyville, 95451; Lakeport, 95453; Lucerne, 95458; Finley 95435; Whitter Springs, 95493; Nice, 95464 and Upper Lake, 95485.
Lake County Community Action Agency will be serving Clearlake, 95422; Clearlake Park, 95424; Clearlake Oaks, 95423; Glenhaven, 95443 and Lower Lake, 95457. Their building is located at 15312 Lakeshore Drive, Clearlake. For more information, please call 995-0495. (Please bring a photo ID with your street address on it, or your PG&E bill with the street address on it.)
Cobb Mountain, Middletown and Hidden Valley Lake will be served by Spirit of the Season. For more information, please call Hedy Montoya at 987-8139.
Food baskets can be picked up Dec. 20 between the hours of 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. at Fritch Hall, Lake County Fairgrounds, Lakeport.
All boxes for this event have been donated by Scully Packing.
Contact Aura Thomas at athomas@record-bee.com
Editor”s note: Clear Lake Observer?American editor Cynthia Parkhill contributed to this report.
