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Help the Backpack Programs of the Newport and Toledo areas by stuffing a backpack with nutritious, easy to prepare FOOD for a hungry student. The Back Pack program targets young students who are in desperate need of food to get them through the weekend so they can return to school on Monday ready to learn.

Lend a hand and some food, January 20th & 21st, 10am – 2pm, in front of Walmart, Newport

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Video by Milo Graamans, Yachats

The video makes it look oh-so easy, but it really does take a lot of work from big-hearted people, just like YOU!

Santa and his elves will gather food and money for Christmas Holiday Food Baskets in the south county this weekend. All three south county fire departments help with this local holiday tradition. Following Thanksgiving’s 311 food baskets, there is a need to gather a lot of canned food and dollars to restock the supplies for Christmas. Every can and every dollar will help put food on the table for more than 1,000 local residents, children to seniors.

In Waldport, Santa will ride the rescue ATV with Central Oregon Coast Fire Department. Be ready for him Friday evening in the Peterson Park area along Alsea Highway and in Old Town Waldport. He’ll be back Saturday evening on Crestline Drive, Range Drive and in the Norwood area. If Santa doesn’t come to your particular neighborhood, you are encouraged to bring donations to the Fire Station on Highway 34.

Saturday the 1st in Yachats, bring your canned food and cash donations to the Yachats Fire Truck in the C&K Market parking lot or the Fire Hall on 2nd Street all weekend.

The Seal Rock Fire Department will escort Santa door-to-door Saturday starting about 1:00 in Makai, then going to Driftwood Village. They plan to be in Bayshore and Sandpiper between 3:00 and 5:00. It’s a large territory, please be ready. You are also encouraged to bring donations to the Seal Rock Station on Grebe St. or Bay Mart Deli.

All food donations and cash contributions will be used to feed children, families and seniors living in Seal Rock, Waldport, Yachats, Tidewater and Five Rivers. Have a bag or box of food at your front door with Santa’s name on it or take food donations to any south county fire station.

Christmas Baskets will be filled with canned foods such as soups, vegetables, fruit, tuna, beans and chili, as well as peanut butter, pastas and other goods. Collected food goes to South Lincoln Resources where volunteers fill hundreds of boxes, also adding a ham, bread, potatoes, onions, carrots and eggs. It’s a big deal for hundreds of our families who may not have enough to eat without this community generosity.

South Lincoln Resources has coordinated this community-wide event since 1983. It’s an all-volunteer, non-profit charitable organization with no paid positions and no government funding. Tax-deductible cash donations go a long way and are also accepted by mail at: South Lincoln Resources, PO Box 1638, Waldport, OR 97394.

The South Lincoln County Needy Children’s Christmas Program has gathered gifts for children of food basket applicants for almost 30 years. New clothing and non-electronic toys are matched to each child. These gifts are gathered all year. Every dollar of donated funds is used to purchase the gifts. For more information about the Children’s Christmas Gifts and how you can help, call Washington Federal at 541-563-3226. For more information about Operation Santa and Holiday Food Baskets, please call South Lincoln Resources at 541-563-2388.

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