Philanthropy
Letter: 'White Cane' campaign raises $1,135
Jun 9, 2016
To the editor:
On Saturday, May 7, Lake City Lions Club members conducted an event known as “White Cane Day.”
This event was held to help create continued public awareness of blindness and diseases, and to collect donations to assist those who are afflicted with such a difficulty. To this day,...
FFA corn drive helps campers with disabilities
Jun 9, 2016
Lake City FFA is a great supporter of True Friends Camp Courage with their annual corn drive. This past school year the FFA Chapter collected $3,000 which will help provide scholarships and program support for kids and adults with disabilities to attend camp.
The corn drive tradition began in 1953...
Rahilly scion donates watch sale proceeds to historical society
Jun 9, 2016
A donation of more than $23,000 to the Lake City Historical Society would be notable for its size alone.
Society President Eloise Blattner can’t be certain it’s the largest the society has ever received, but she said it is the largest in the “quite a few years” she’s been a member.
The donation, a...
Car dealers support fire department
May 26, 2016
The Lake City Fire Department was presented with a Resusci Anne training unit from the Minnesota Auto Dealers and the National Auto Dealers Foundation Tuesday. Tom Heffernan of Heffernan Ford in Lake City made the contribution possible. He presented the training unit to members of the fire...
Sunday school children win Bethany Lutheran food shelf challenge
May 26, 2016
The Sunday school students at Bethany Lutheran Church challenged the congregation to see which group -- the students or the congregants -- could raise the most money and food for the Lake City Food Shelf. In the end, the students came out on top with 161 food items and $350 in cash donations. The...
Global Catholic 'Mercy' effort has local impact
Mar 24, 2016
A statue of St. Joseph looks down upon a table full of food donations from members of St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church. The statue is the top level of a three-tiered display meant to represent the Holy Trinity. At the end of the month the donated food and money will go to the Lake City Food...
Electric co-op members donate to Food Shelf
Mar 24, 2016
Barb Kobs (left) presents a $500 check to Lake City Food Shelf Executive Director Carole Helgerson on behalf of the Goodhue County Cooperative Electric Association’s Round-Up Trust Fund. Around 75 percent of the cooperative’s members contribute to the fund by rounding up their monthly electricity...
Powerade sales benefit Lincoln High School
Mar 9, 2016
Viking Coca-Cola has presented Lake City High School with a check for $2,048 from its “Powerade 4 Schools” program. Through the program, the Coca-Cola distributor sets aside portion of the proceeds from sales of Powerade and Powerade Zero. This money is then divvied up among area school districts...
Grocery shoppers can round up their total to support education foundation
Mar 2, 2016
Throughout the month of March, shoppers at Fiesta Foods can round up their grocery bill to support the Lake City Education Foundation.
The suggested donation is whatever it takes to round the total up to the nearest dollar, but contributions can be in any amount.
Foundation board President Mary...
Letters: Few bean bags but big hearts
Feb 17, 2016
To the editor:
The Lake City Lions Club sponsored Bean Bag Tournament, held during Winterfest on Saturday, Feb. 6, turned out to be different than planned and expected.
Initial Lion goals for the tournament were to field 24 teams, charge an entry fee of $20, and to donate the first $100 of...
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