Philanthropy

Feb. 6 Schneider memorial fund raiser will be biggest yet

Jan 27, 2016

The biggest fund-raiser yet for a planned memorial to fallen Lake City Police Officer Shawn Schneider will be Saturday, Feb. 6, at the Railhouse Grill in Lake City. It’s part of the city’s annual Winterfest celebration. Schneider was shot Dec. 19, 2011, while helping a victim of domestic violence...

Donors buy time for Kit Kat family change class

Jan 20, 2016

A program for children and parents in families experiencing divorce, the death of a parent and other profound changes will resume thanks to donations from individuals and groups totalling $8,000. Organizer and Bluff View Elementary School counselor Wanda Randgaard said the Kit Kat program will be...

'Pantie Raid' to help women's shelter

Jan 6, 2016

During the weekend of Martin Luther King Day, Jan. 15-17, you’ll be able to get a fat quarter for a package of panties at Pumpkinberry Stitches in downtown Lake City. Every quilter knows what a fat quarter is. For the rest of us, it is piece of fabric 18 inches wide and 22 inches long. That’s...

New home, new food shelf

Dec 30, 2015

When the Lake City Food Shelf settled into its new facility at the end of 2014, it became in a sense a new food shelf. The building, in which the community food shelf is completing its first full year of operation, has allowed for several improvements, Director Carole Helgerson said. The new...

Open house raises $1,235 for food shelf

Dec 30, 2015

Dave Dueholm (right) announces the winner of a door prize at an open house he sponsored Dec. 27 at The Coffee Depot to raise money for the Lake City Food Shelf as musician Jim Furness looks on. People in attendance donated $960. The first $5 of 55 individual donations was matched by the Lake City...

Many ways to give local this holiday season

Dec 3, 2015

If giving back to the community is on your Christmas to-do list this year, a number of local groups and businesses have created opportunities to do just that. The Lake City Kiwanis Club is again doing its Christmas toy project. Unwrapped toys can be dropped off at Alliance Bank, Lake City Federal...

Kit Kat Program donation

Dec 3, 2015

Dave Dueholm (left) and Constance Anderson accept a check from Tom Heffernan, owner of Heffernan Ford, for the elementary school Kit Kat program. Owner of a 42 year business and parent of five daughters who were part of Lake City schools Tom was moved to contribute to what he believes to be a...

Friends' library donation match surpasses goal

Nov 19, 2015

The Friends of the Lake City Public Library issued a challenge on Give to the Max Day, Nov. 12, offering to match donations to the Lake City Public Library renovation fund up to a total of $5,000. When donations passed $5,000, the club kept right on matching, eventually kicking in $6,000. In the...