LAKEPORT — The Lakeport Lions Club presented a check for $2,075 to Lakeport Senior Activity Center to support the Meals-On-Wheels program during this year”s March for Meals campaign.
The check was a portion of the money raised from the Lakeport Lions Club”s 46th annual crab feed.
With a growing senior population and rising costs, fundraising efforts like March for Meals is the only way to keep services like Meals-On-Wheels going.
The five senior centers in Lake County provide more than 160,000 meals per year and deliver more than 100,000 meals to homebound seniors.
Senior centers with meals programs can be contacted at the following phone numbers, or by stopping by Middletown, 987-3113; Highlands Senior Service Center in Clearlake, 994-3051; Live Oak Senior Center in Clearlake Oaks, 998-1950; Lucerne, 274-8779; and Lakeport, 263-4218.
Jonathan Crooks is executive director of the Lakeport Senior Activity Center.
