MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – Community socials designed to refresh the spirits of those recovering from last year's fires in Lake County will be held the last two Mondays of each month from 6 to 8 p.m.

Middletown Community United Methodist Church, 15833 Armstrong St., will be the host on Aug. 22, with the multi-use room at Cobb Mountain Elementary School, 15895 Highway 175, the location of the event on Aug. 29.

A free nutritious dinner will be served by Lake Family Resource Center's “Be FRESH Team,” with the center also providing games and activities for the young and young at heart.

These socials, which began last April, have been sponsored by the Lake Area Rotary Club Association, or LARCA, and Lake County Rising.

Joining these socials now will be the Lake County Fire Oral History Project, administered by the Lower Lake Historic Schoolhouse Museum and funded by LARCA and the Lower Lake Historical School Preservation Committee.

The Oral History Project will provide an opportunity for people to have their individual stories of survival and recovery recorded for posterity.

Community members can mark Aug. 22 and 29, as days they can go out for dinner to rest, relax and have some fun with their neighbors as their community continues its long recovery process.