LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Kelseyville Food Pantry and the Lake County Hunger Task Force each received a $5,000 check from Sutter Lakeside Hospital and Sutter Health this November to feed the hungry in Lake County this holiday season.
The donations are part of a holiday tradition by the Sutter Health system and by Sutter Lakeside.
The Sutter Health network gives a quarter-million-dollar donation to Northern California food banks toward year's end as a means of expressing its not-for-profit mission.
“One of the things that I like most about Sutter is its commitment to support our local charities, organizations, schools and causes in the communities that they serve,” said Siri Nelson, chief administrative officer of Sutter Lakeside Hospital.
“Here in Lake County, many of our residents have to choose between buying groceries and paying bills,” Nelson said. “We are indebted to community partners like the Lake County Hunger Task Force and the Kelseyville Food Pantry for addressing the hunger needs of our patients, our neighbors and our families.”
“We are thrilled to be the recipient of such a large cash donation,” said Julie Berry from the Kelseyville Food Pantry. “Individuals and businesses in our community are spectacularly generous.”
Tammy Alakszay, Lake County’s Community Action and Volunteer Network coordinator for North Coast Opportunities, added, “The Hunger Task Force will use these funds for backpacks that we distribute weekly through the Hub in Upper Lake to needy families. They get them on Friday so that they have food available over the weekend when kids are not being fed at school.”
To make a donation to the Kelseyville Food Pantry, contact Julie Berry at the Kelseyville Presbyterian Church at 707-279-1104.
To make a donation to the Hunger Task Force, contact Lorrie Gray at 707-277-9227.