LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Saturday, Oct. 28, is a nationwide day of volunteering, known as Make A Difference Day.
For the 18th year in a row, here in Lake County, there will be a collection of nonperishable food for our local communities.
The total amount of food collected in the first 17 years is 62,964 pounds.
Several years ago, Lake Transit Authority joined the effort and we turned it into the Stuff-A-Bus event.
They will once again park two buses that will be stuffed with the food collected.
North Coast Opportunities, Community Action and the Lake County Hunger Task Force will be staffing the two collection sites, along with volunteers from the Kelseyville High School Interact club and AmeriCorps, both from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on that Saturday.
One bus will be parked at the Clearlake Grocery Outlet store in Clearlake, and the other at Lakeport Grocery Outlet.
All of the food collected will stay in Lake County.
Local pantries and senior centers are greatly in need of donations to fill their shelves. These pantries operate year round, and are invaluable to their local communities.
This collection will be split evenly between the Live Oak Senior Center, Highlands Senior Center, Lucerne Alpine Senior Center, Catholic Charities Rural Food Project in Kelseyville, Helping Hand, Clear Lake Gleaners, CCHAP, Snake Lady Yvonne Cox, Lake Family Resource Center, One Step Away, Kelseyville Presbyterian Church, United Christian Parish, United Methodist Church Middletown and North Coast Opportunities.
Volunteers will be collecting donations at both Grocery Outlet stores, Bruno's Shop Smart, Marval Sentry, Foods, Etc. and Woodland College harvest festival from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. That food will be delivered to the buses that afternoon.
There are barrels out now at several locations to collect food before the actual event. They are located at the Lakeport Library, People Services office and Lakeport thrift store, Community First Bank in Clearlake, Lake County Office of Education, Konocti Christian Academy, Lake County Headstart, Woodland Community College’s Lake County Campus in Clearlake, Riviera Foods, Clearlake Grocery Outlet, Lake County Social Services, Mendocino College, Lake Transit office, Lake Family Resource Center, Foods, Etc., Hardester's in Middletown, and Marval Sentry.
If you would like to make a donation and are unable to bring it on Saturday, please take it to one of the above location. Please, no expired or past dated food.
Additional volunteers will be welcome at either site.
Please call Tammy Alakszay at 707-994-4647, Extension 123, or Lorrie Gray at 707-277-9227 to see where you might be best utilized. They are counting on the generosity of local people to once again help each other.
Oct. 28 ‘Make A Difference Day’ offers chance to contribute
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