Food Closet holiday donations over the top

EDITOR:

The Carson Valley Community Food Closet had a very joyous December. Many deserving families and individuals received holiday dinners along with monthly groceries. What made the month of December so wonderful was the generosity of the community, local business sponsored food drives, individual donations and the many volunteers who worked tirelessly to make it all happen. Thank you one and all for sharing with those who were in need.

The December food donations received (pounds) were: Darryl Mobley - VFW Topaz (2,000 and 1,000), Minden Pizza Factory Customers - Ironwood (149), Winhaven Home Owner's Association (102), Christmas on Chaparral Court (1,140), Gardnerville Women's Literary Club (66), Douglas High School Theater Department (180), Douglas Disposal (9,336), Minden Village businesses (313), United Methodist Church (13), Jack's Valley Elementary School (666), Mike Smith and Debra Baeche (715), Harrah's Tahoe (2,112), Channel 2 News & Douglas Disposal Food Drives (34,309), Pat and Ray Cardinal (12), Douglas County Courthouse (243), Heather, Andrew, and Lucy McNeilly (30), Piñion Hills 2nd Grade Class (225), Verizon (960), Kingsbury and Stateline Post Offices (178), Coventry Cross Episcopal Church (26), BMC West (83), Douglas Disposal Office (51), United Methodist Church (90), St. Gall Catholic Church (503), Douglas City Public Library (25), Hamdog's Restaurant and Bar (65), Coyote Bar and Grill Customers (41), Little Debbie (153), Costco Food Drive (240). In addition, regular grocery contributors: Raley's, Smith's, Scolari's, Trader Joe's, Costco, Russell's Mercantile, Sugar Plum Bakery, Pony Expresso, and Starbuck's.

The December cash donations received were: Bonnie Fettic, Timothy Taylor, Virginia Crack, Cierna Cooper, Anonymous (3), Leonard & Marabel Moorhead, Piñion Hills Elementary School Fundraisers, Lynda Taylor, Coventry Cross Episcopal Church, Robert and Kathy Spaniel, Bill and Nancy Driscoll, Seripan Schunk, Lynda Davis, Julie Wilson, Lake Tahoe Corvette Club, Scolari's, Hot Foot, Merrill Construction, Park Cattle Co., Ralph Mulholly, Marcella Oxoby, Donald Morrison, Leonard and Susan Clark, L.J. and P. Schmidt, Douglas Odell & Jennifer Johnson, Thomas and Daphanie Hanson, Godecke Land and Livestock, Tollmann Inc., S. Johnson, James and Michele Lattue, Tonia Rhodes, Robert and Bonnie Koontz, Marjorie Hartley and Bonnie Koontz, Johnny Fauria, Marie Machetta, Steven Lewis, Steven Lewis, R.M. Berglan, Dorothy Yoder, Gloria Batters, Kathy Doyle, Terry Palmitier, Rita Phillips, C. Daniels, Nancy Lang, Darrill Dion, Judith Leavitt, Sheryl Harker, Bill Henderson, Lynda Chene, Joyce Shrum, Dianna Wood, Sherrel McGough, Richard Mattinson, Lee Bishop, Robert Bellemore, Anne Bowie, Jean Mulreany, Topaz Sage Hens, Beverly Willaid, Amy Douglas, Foothill Tile Setting, L. Israel, Edith Landino, Don Stockman, D.E. Jansse Co., Carson Valley Lions Club, Trinity Lutheran Church, BR Construction, Magnetic Striping, Kiwanis, Carson Valley Sertoma, Helping Hands Thrift Store, Susan Clark, Stacy Ziglar, Donald Morrison, Douglas Adiel, P. Schmidt, Ralph Mulhollen, Daphnie Hanson, Marcella Oxoby, Tollmann Insurance, Godecke Land and Livestock. Special thanks also to Itildo Inc. Realtors for the use of their truck for transport and to the Rite of Passage for use of their megaphone for turkey dinner distribution.

All together each and every one has made a great difference in the many lives that received the food collected and distributed. What a grand tribute to the community you have made. Many thanks and wishes for a healthy and prosperous New Year from the Carson Valley Community Food Closet.

Marabel Moorhead

Volunteer

Carson Valley Community Food Closet