LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Hunger Task Force Board of Directors will hold its annual meeting on Monday, June 27, at Lakeside County Park.

The event is a potluck, with barbecued chicken and beverages provided, to be held from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

All interested individuals are invited to attend.

The task force was formed in 2001, and has been meeting monthly since that time. In 2013 it decided to ensure its future, so a 501(c)3 application was submitted and approved, forming a legal, nonprofit organization.

The organization maintains community gardens where the food grown is given to the local senior centers and food pantries.

All who work in the gardens are allowed to take food for their own use. They glean pears, walnuts and table grapes. They also give canning lessons in the fall, to keep food that has been grown from going to waste. They provide labor for two food pantries giving out food.

They normally participate in the Pear Festival and the Harvest Festival, running a "guess how much our pumpkin weighs" contest and provide information about food resources throughout Lake County.

During the holiday season, they prepare and sell Bountiful Boxes, which contain Lake County comice pears from Scully Packing, pink lady apples from Seely Farms, a bottle of either Lake County wine or Lake County olive oil, and Lake County walnuts. This is their main fundraiser for the year.

Recently, they agreed to be the fiscal agent for the Lake County Christmas Fund, renamed the Lake County Holiday Fund, which provides 1,650 boxes of food at the holiday season in both Lakeport and Clearlake.

Any interested person is invited to join us in any of the above activities. If you would like to attend the potluck, please call Lorrie Gray at 707-277-9227 for more information.

Lakeside County Park is located at 1985 Park Drive in Kelseyville.