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NEIGHBORS
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NEIGHBORS
The holiday season is one
of giving and receiving. Below
are the Plumas County pro-
grams offering help to famiUes
and ways donors can provide
their neighbors with some
holiday cheer.
COUNTYWIDE
Far Northern Regional
Center's Holidays are for
Caring
The program provides gifts
to selected individuals with
developmental disabilities
who may not receive any
gifts.
In addition to cash dona-
tions to buy, wrap and de-
liver gifts, the organization
has a fundraising quilt
drawing.
For more information, to
donate or purchase a draw-
hag ticket, Contact Kay CuUis
at 221-9524 or kcullis@
farthernornrc.org.
Plumas County Sheriff's
Needy Children's
Christmas
This Sheriffs Employees'
Association's program pro-
vides toys, food and coats for
children and families. In
addition, the association
supports children's pro-
grams, such as Little League,
Boys State, dance team, swim
team, football and basketball
year-round.
Drop off food and new,
unwrapped toys at any of the
following locations:
Main office, 1400 E. Main
St., Quincy; Portola Substa-
tion, 324 S. Gulling; Green-
ville Substation, Highway 89;
Chester Substation, First and
Willow.
Evergreen Market, High-
way 89, Greenville.
Village Drug, Main Street
at Highway 89.
Rite Aid (angel tree), 40 E.
Main St., Quincy.
Indian Valley Resource
Center, 430 Main St.,
Greenville.
Cash or check donations
are also welcome.
To sign up for toys and
clothing or to submit the
name of a child or family in
need, contact the sheriffs
office on East Main in
Quincy or via the community
substations.
For more information, call
Becky Grant at 283-6375.
CHESTER
Almanor Basin Commu-
nity Resource Center
The center has reached its
capacity at 50 holiday food
baskets. There is a specific
need for cash donations, as
well as nonperishable foods
such as canned vegetables,
cranberry sauce, stuffing and
potatoes.
Deliver food or cash dona-
tions to 372 Main St. For
more information, contact
Linda at 2504280.
Elks Lodge 2626 Christmas
Angel Project
This program provides for
families in Chester, West-
wood and Greenville. The
Elks are accepting non-
perishable and canned food
through Dec. 10 at David
Price Jewelers, 216 Main St.
Mail checks, no cash,
payable to Elks No. 2626, to
3760 Woodlake Drive, Lake
Almanor, CA 96137.
For more information,
contact Kay Alcorn at
596-3153.
Lake Almanor Elks also
have a Teen Angel program,
providing teens with gift
certificates for bowling,
pizza, haircuts, etc.
To donate, contact Barbara
Hanes, 596-3588, by Dec. 17.
Helping Hands Food
Pantry
The pantry needs non-
perishable food and cash
donations. Deliver donations
to the pantry at the back of
the Wesleyan Church on the
corner of Melissa and Gay
streets. Open Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, 1 -
3 p.m. year-round, hours will
change during the holiday
season. Contact Dorothy
Morse at 596-3441.
For the Wesleyan Coat and
Boot Giveaway, contact the
church at 258-2359 to drop off
or pick up coats and boots.
GREENVILLE
Angel trees
Christmas trees are going
up at Indian Valley businesses
and organizations. They are
decorated with paper angels,
on which children and their
parents have provided infor-
mation about needy children:
age, gender, sizes, favorite
color and Christmas wishes.
Return unwrapped gifts to
the address indicated on the
back of the angel with the
angel attached no later than
Wednesday, Dec. 21.
The program is in associa-
tion with the Sheriffs
Employees' Association
program. Distribution is
scheduled for Dec. 19, 9 a.m. -
5 p.m. at the Greenville
substation.
For help, submit applica-
tions to the Indian Valley
Community Center Family
Resources office by 3 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 9.
To donate or for more
information, call Tami
Williamson at 284-1560.
Free coats
The Indian Valley Volunteers
Association Thrift Shop on
Main Street offers free coats.
Call 284-7949 for details.
Household needs
The United Methodist
Thrift Shop on Pine Street
helps with clothing and
household needs. Contact
Elsie Wesley, 284-1750, or
email mrscgwesley@
hotmail.com.
Indian Valley Food Pantry
To help, contact Pastor
Fred Kerr, fredkerr@
frontiernet.net.
Community Assistance
Network (CAN)
For a holiday food basket,
call 284-7522 to sign up.
QUINCY
Community Assistance
Network (CAN)
Sign up for food baskets in
Quincy, Meadow Valley,
Cromberg and the Feather
River Canyon through CAN
at the sheriffs office in
Quincy or at Plumas Crisis
Intervention and Resource
Center, 591 Main St. Distribu-
tion is Thursday and Friday,
Dec. 22 and 23, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
at CAN, 176 Lawrence St.
To donate food, look for
boxes at Quincy businesses,
including Feather Publish-
ing. For more information,
call CAN at 283-0262.
Plumas Crisis Intervention
and Resource Center
PCIRC has coats for all
ages, simply go to the center
at 591 W. Main St. in Quincy
Monday through Friday,
9 a.m. - 5 p.m. and choose a
coat.
Plumas Bank and Bank
of America in downtown
Quincy, as well as the center
itself, are accepting coat
donations. The program runs
through mid-January.
PCIRC's angel tree will go
up in the lobby of Plumas
Bank after Thanksgiving.
Donors can choose a paper
"angel" from the tree and
select gifts for the needy child
described on the angel. Take
gifts to the PCIRC office.
The center is also working
with the Plumas County
Sheriffs Employees' Associa-
tion and Social Services to
help families in need.
Cash donations are also
welcome and help support
the Homeless Family
Transitional Housing pro-
gram. To donate or "adopt"
a family, call 283-5515.
PORTOLA AND SIERRA
VALLEY
Plumas-Sierra Rural
Electric Cooperative
The local energy provider
is assisting local charities
with toy, food and clothing
drives for the upcoming
holidays.
A Mitten Tree will be avail-
able to decorate with "warm"
ornaments from employees
and the public. Mittens, hats,
coats, snow boots, socks and
scarves are welcome.
Help spread the warmth by
dropping mittens at PSREC's
office, 73233 Highway 70.
Project Santa Claus and
Holiday Helping Hands
These groups welcome
donations of nonperishable
food items and new un-
wrapped toys and clothing.
For monetary donations,
make checks payable to
"Project Santa Claus" and
"Holiday Helping Hands."
For more information, call
832-4174.
Drop off donations at:
Plumas-Sierra REC, 73233
Highway 70.
Plumas Eureka Fire De-
partment, 200 Lundy Lane,
Blairsden.
Portola City Hall, 35 Third
Ave.
Portola Station Baptist
Church, 171 S. Gulling.
Plumas Bank (monetary
donations), 120 N. Pine.
Headlines Beauty Shop,
81 E. Sierra St.
Portola Family Resource
Center, 49 Commercial St.
Eastern Plumas Commu-
nity Assistance Network
Food Bank
The EPCAN Food Bank is
struggling to keep up with
demand in addition to
creating holiday baskets for
area residents. It welcomes
donations of nonperishable
food at these businesses:
Plumas Bank, 120 N. Pine.
Bank of America,
81 W. Sierra.
Bi State Propane,
74424 Highway 70.
Plumas-Sierra REC,
73233 Highway 70.
Mail monetary donations
to 120 Nevada St,, Portola, CA
96122 throughout the year.
For more information, call
836-4521.
Angel Tree, Sierra County
Holiday Planners and
Terry's Toys for Tots
These groups provide food
baskets, new clothing and
new toys to children for
Christmas. They also accept
gently used clothing and toys.
They especially need teen
items, ages 13 - 17. For more
information, call 993-0247 or
993-6779.
Deliver donations to:
Sierra County Human
Services, 202 Front St.,
Loyalton.
Golden West, 711 Main St.,
Loyalton.
Loyalton businesses will
have angel wish lists avail-
able for sponsorship.
If we missed any programs,
please contact Mona Hill at
mhill@plumasnews.com and
we will add them to our list.
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