Corvette club revs up with $3,000 donation to LFRC
LAKEPORT — The Corvettes of Lake County”s (COLC) 10th annual Run to the Lake featured great cars, fun, awards and community awareness.
One of the main events on Sunday was the Corvette club”s $3,000 donation to the Lake Family Resource Center (LFRC).
The weekend began with the Lakeport Memorial Day Parade, where the Boy Scouts Troop 42 proudly carried the flags as they walked in front of the steady stream of ?Corvettes that came from all over California.
COLC made another donation?of $300 to the Scouts.
A total of 71 Corvettes from all over Northern California attended this year with Boardwalk Chevrolet serving as the club”s main sponsor. Many community businesses donated gifts and sponsorships which made the car show a huge success.
Jackie Hansen started the Sunday festivities on Park Street by singing the National Anthem, with members of the Lake County Vietnam Veterans holding the Stars and Stripes.
LFRC board member Andy Peterson, Ilene Dumont, Jim Hilton and Gail Saituri were on hand along with the executive director, Gloria Flaherty, and program director Stephanie Lilly as their received the check from COCL member Sandy Thompson.
Flaherty said the agency is honored to continue to receive the support of the Corvette Club.?
“Due to several years of funding reductions, this money will be very welcome to help pay for site maintenance and improvements, like gutters, or screen doors at the domestic violence shelter, and to help with expenses in covering the 24/7 crisis line for the Rape Crisis Center,” she said.
This is the third consecutive year that the COLC has donated to the agency.?In years past, the donations have helped to fund a children”s playground and assisted with shelter rooms and the Child Abuse Treatment programs, Flaherty said.
