LAKEPORT, Calif. – Sutter Lakeside Hospital purchased two lambs from Anderson Marsh 4-H members at the 2014 Junior Livestock Auction during the Lake County Fair in August to support Lake County youth.

The hospital donated the meat to North Coast Opportunities and to the Lakeport Activity Senior Center.

Jonathan Crooks, executive director of the Lakeport Senior Activity Center, stated, “We provide over 42,000 meals every year at the center and this unexpected donation definitely helped fill our freezer. We’re very grateful for the donation from Sutter Lakeside.”

Part of the meat was also donated to North Coast Opportunities, an organization that distributes food donations to food banks throughout Lake County.

Network Program Coordinator Tammy Alakszay said, “The meat served about 45 families. It was neat to see the reactions of clients when they heard we were offering lamb.”

Sutter Lakeside Chief Administrative Officer Siri Nelson believes strongly in contributing to local hunger causes.

“Many of our patients and their families still struggle financially to put a nutritious meal together,” Nelson said. “It felt great to not only contribute to local students’ college funds by purchasing livestock at the Fair, but to address hunger issues in Lake County, as well.”

Sutter Lakeside collects food donations for North Coast Opportunities all year round in a “Little Red Wagon” located just inside the entrance of the hospital Lobby.

To learn more about Sutter Lakeside, please visit www.sutterlakeside.org/ .