KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Kelseyville Rotary launched a drive to gather food staples just in time for Thanksgiving.

Food will be collected through Nov. 20.

Collection bins are located at the Grocery Outlet in Lakeport and Riviera Foods in Kelseyville.

Shoppers are encouraged to grab a can or two (or more) during their shopping trips and drop them into the collection bins.

Items that are needed include peanut butter, jelly, canned vegetables and fruits, spaghetti sauce, tuna fish and canned meats. Cans with pop top lids are especially helpful.

The food collected will be donated to the Kelseyville Food Pantry. Food Pantry organizers ask donors to please make sure that the food items donated are not expired, as they cannot use food with an expired use by date.

This effort will complement the food drive being held at Kelseyville High School with the food items also going to the Kelseyville Food Pantry.

Kelseyville High School teacher and Rotary Interact Advisor Virginia Hamlin has organized a food drive at the High School. She and her crew of teacher aides are busy gathering donations of unexpired nonperishable food from students and keeping track of the number of cans per student in each class.

The class with the highest average number of cans per student will be rewarded with a breakfast party.

The Kelseyville Food Pantry, a collaboration of the Presbyterian, United Methodist, and Unitarian Universalist churches in Kelseyville has been feeding the hungry in Kelseyville and beyond since 2012.

The Food Pantry is open the second and fourth Tuesdays from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Kelseyville Presbyterian Church Friendship Hall, located at 4021 Third St.

Other Rotary projects

Kelseyville Sunrise Rotarians have had a busy fall with more plans coming up before the New Year.

In October, they gave away 150 bicycle helmets at the Sutter Health and Wellness Expo and handed out candy and treats at Trick or Treat on Main Street Plans are in the works for decorating a holiday tree for the Hospice Festival of Trees to raise funds for Hospice programs and hosting a booth at the Kelseyville Parade of Lights on December 6th to hand out holiday treats.

Thanks to Rotary Club sponsors

Sponsor support makes it possible for the Kelseyville Sunrise Rotary to do projects that make a difference in the community.

Sponsors for 2024 include Lake County Tribal Health, Calpine at the Geysers, Reynolds Systems Inc, California Exterminators, Bella Vista Farming, Cat’s Paw Vineyard, Duncan – Shine Vineyards, Lake County Waste Solutions, Pabst Blue Ribbon Construction, and Sutter Health.

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Kelseyville Sunrise Rotary is made up of local business, professional and civic leaders. Members meet regularly, get to know each other, form friendships and get things done in the community.

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