LA CENTER – The La Center Lion’s Giving Tree program, which provides holiday gifts to people in need, has concluded a successful second year. Back at the beginning of November the club placed applications in La Center schools, library, city hall, and the post office. The La Center Lions are thankful for the willingness of the staff at these locations to provide a safe and discreet location for picking up and returning applications.
Once Christmas trees went up after Thanksgiving, tags listing some requested gifts were placed on their branches. Community members immediately began shopping. December brought joyful donations from the community. Then on a cold and rainy Saturday morning before Christmas, all those donations along with food baskets provided by the La Center Lions Club were delivered or picked up.
Now the La Center Lions Club is thanking its supporters and donors to the program. The following businesses and organizations provided trees from which gift tags were hung and provided a place for gifts to be dropped off: Altered Image, La Center Church, La Center Library, the Last Frontier and New Phoenix casinos, Podunk Pizza Company, Sadie and Josie’s Bakery, Silo Hair Salon, Stonehill Coffee Shop, and the La Center Elementary, Middle, and High School offices.
Sadie and Josie’s Bakery provided 35 loaves of bread and the Clark County Dairy Women provided milk and butter for all the families. The La Center Lions and friends provided the workers to organize and distribute both gifts and food to the families that were accepted to the program.