LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Saturday, Oct. 27, is a nationwide day of volunteering, known as Make A Difference Day.
For the 19th 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 18 years is 67,662 pounds.
Several years ago, Lake Transit Authority joined the effort and it was turned into the Stuff-A-Bus event.
Lake Transit 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 the community 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, Lakeport Senior Center, Catholic Charities Rural Food Project in Kelseyville, Helping Hand, Clear Lake Gleaners, CCHAP, The Snake lady Yvonne Cox, Lake Family Resource Center, Upper Lake Community Pantry, Kelseyville Presbyterian Church, United Christian Parish, United Methodist Church in Clearlake Oaks, Community Baptist Church in Nice and Healthy Start Burns Valley School.
There are barrels out now at several locations to collect food before the actual event. They are located at the Lakeport Library, Peoples Services office and Clearlake thrift store, Community First Credit Union in Clearlake and Lakeport, Lake County Office of Education, Konocti Christian Academy, Meadowbrook Head Start, Woodland Community College Clearlake campus, Grace Evangelical Church, Cobb Mt. Elementary School and Cummins Martial Arts.
If you would like to make a donation and are unable to bring it on Saturday, please take it to one of the above locations. Please, no expired or past dated food.
It should be noted that over the past four years, Konocti Christian Academy alone has collected 2596 pounds of food.
Additional volunteers will be welcome at either site. Please call Tammy Alakszay at 707-972-0519 or Lorrie Gray at 707-277-9227 to see where you might be best utilized.
Oct. 27 ‘Make A Difference Day’ offers opportunity for community involvement
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