fundraising

Local efforts contribute to pharmacy’s $69,788 Alzheimer’s fundraising campaign

Jul 16, 2025

Sterling Pharmacy, which operates Kennedy Drug in Lake City, ended its annual Alzheimer’s Association fundraising campaign with a grand total of $34,894 raised by employees, customers, and community members across all Sterling Pharmacy locations. Kennedy Drug in Lake City raised $3,336.83. Kennedy...

Sterling Pharmacies hit milestone in Alzheimer’s Disease fundraising

Jul 17, 2024

What started in 2016 as a tribute to their company founder, Leonard Astrup, who passed away after battling Alzheimer’s disease, employees of Sterling pharmacies (including Kennedy Drug by Sterling in Lake City) and their coworkers at Astrup Companies have been dedicating every June to raising...

Automation Services is a Five for Food sponsor

Mar 9, 2022

Employees of Automation Service, Inc. gather to present their Five for Food Sponsorship check for 2022. This is the third year Automation Services has been a program sponsor. Twenty-five sponsors have donated $18,500 to match contributions to the Lake City Food Shelf from the community. The goal...

Ed Foundation grateful to generous donors

Mar 2, 2022

With grateful hearts, the Lake City Education Foundation board members wish to thank all of our generous donors. Despite the need to put our annual Black and Orange Gala on hold for the past two years, our recent donor mail campaign, referred to as the “The Non-Gala Gala Campaign,” was successful...

Five for Food’s 2022 goal is $40,000

Feb 9, 2022

Five for Food, an initiative of the Greater Lake City Community Foundation for the Lake City Food Shelf, has begun its eighth year. The drive will end on March 31. Twenty-five sponsors have pledged $18,500. The sponsors’ funds are pooled to match dollar for dollar contributions $5 and greater up...

Lions can collection continues to grow

Jul 28, 2021

It has been some time since I have shared information about a continuous and healthy project conducted by the Lake City Lions. This is the project Lions refer to as the “aluminum can collection”. Yes, Lions have continued this endeavor and believe me, it continues to grow. So, before I pass out the...

Donor-funded pediatric swings allow parents, babies to swing together

May 20, 2021

New pediatric swings have arrived or are coming to three local parks thanks to a fundraising campaign spearheaded by Sharon Eggenberger. The campaign raised $4,750 through private donations and a Fiesta Foods round-up campaign, Eggenberger said. Originally the goal was to purchase wheelchair-...

Swan Jewelers raising money for Freedom Honor Flights

May 20, 2021

Swan Jewelers is once again spearheading a fundraiser on behalf of the Freedom Honor Flight programs. Freedom Honor Flights fly out of La Crosse, Wis., and give war veterans an opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C., to visit the memorials constructed in their honor. People who donate $10...

‘Field of Dreams’ proceeds benefit St. Elizabeth’s

Oct 28, 2020

Combines turned corn stalks into stubble as they worked their way through the Field of Dreams that surround Gundersen St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and Clinics. This year’s corn crop yielded 200 bushels per acre resulting in a donation of $26,322. The Schurhammers’ ongoing support of this annual farm...

Kiwanis raises $40,000 to fight maternal neonatal tetanus

Sep 9, 2020

The Lake City Kiwanis Club announced Sept. 8 that it has raised $40,000 toward the goal of eliminating Maternal Neonatal Tetanus (MNT). “(MNT) is a painful and deadly disease caused by lack of sanitary birthing conditions. Kiwanis International teamed up with UNICEF in 2010 to provide vaccine...