For the last couple of years our VFW Post 2015 in Lakeport has been involved in yard sales as a fundraising technique to help with the financial responsibilities of our post and with the needs of our local veterans and our community. We have three yard sales a year and with each one we have been able to help more and more people.

The first year we were able to help with food baskets for the needy during the holidays and with cash awards for the winners of the “Patriots Pen” writing contest at the local school.

This year we were able to help a graduating high school senior with a $1,000 scholarship, food baskets for the needy, help two veterans in need of money for car repairs, and help a veteran in need of funds for rent.

Also we were able to help a woman and her family coming out of a domestic violence center that had nothing but the clothes they were able to carry when they fled their home. Through the donations we receive for our yard sales we were able to help with furniture, beds and bedding, clothes and kitchen ware.

With our last yard sale coming up in less than three weeks, Oct. 3 and 4, we once again found ourselves in a position to help a disabled veteran who had moved to our county and was in need of house wares also. Working with Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 951, in a matter of hours from the time we found out about her needs, we filled her empty cabin with furniture, a bed and bedding, kitchen table and chairs, TV, microwave, stereo, kitchen ware and a check for $200.

It is through the generosity of the people and organizations in our local community and members of our VFW Post 2015 that we are able to help others in need in our local community. Thank you all who help and supporting us.

Kirk Macdonald is adjutant of VFW Post 2015 in Lakeport.