Holiday Help

Submit your holiday help information by email to editor@nevadaappeal.com, subject line: “Holiday Help,” or mail to Nevada Appeal, Holiday Help, 580 Mallory Way, Carson City, NV 89702.• Sierra Surgery Hospital is collecting non-perishable food donations for Thanksgiving to help fill local food pantries. Donations will be accepted until Wednesday. For more information, call 775-283-3839.• Holiday with a Hero is raising $30,000 so 300 homeless students can have gifts this Christmas. Checks can be made payable to “Holiday with a Hero” and mailed to PO Box 2790, Carson City, 89702 or can be dropped off at the Carson City Sheriff’s Office, 911 E. Musser St. or at Bank of the West, 2976 N. Carson St. under account number 025761072. The tax identification number is 80-0763632.• Stand Tall and Volunteer Connections will host a food and clothing drive from 3-6 p.m. Dec. 14 at the Smith’s parking lot in Dayton. Canned foods and winter clothing can also be dropped off from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Dayton Community Center. For more information, call 775-246-7550.• St. John’s Outreach Center is collecting food for the Dayton Food Pantry for holiday baskets to be distributed to families in need. St. John’s office is open on Monday and Wednesday from 1-4:30 p.m. at 140 Pike St. in Dayton. For more information, call 775-443-8871.• Mmmmm Yogurt is holding a canned food drive for F.I.S.H. through Dec. 12.Food items will benefit Carson, Douglas, Storey and Lyon food banks.• Iron Order Motorcycle Club and the American Legion will hold a motorcycle ride at 10 a.m. Dec. 1 at Tu Brothers Motor Sports in Reno. Cost for the ride is one unwrapped toy to be donated to Toys for Tots and the Fallon Youth Club. For more information, call 775-217-8819.• Friends to All is seeking donations of cash or items to be distributed to seniors. The group is also seeking names and addresses of seniors who would like a visit and gift.Donations may be mailed or dropped off at the Fountainhead Associates, Inc. office, 312 W. Fourth Street or Kathy McClintock’s American Family Insurance office, 300 S. Curry St. For more information or to have a volunteer pick up donations, call 775-885-8110 or 775-884-0180.• Smith’s Food and Drug will contribute to the Food Bank of Northern Nevada now through Dec. 29. Customers are invited to add a donation to grocery purchases. For more information, go to www.smithsfoodanddrug.com.• The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office is seeking donations for its fifth annual “shop with a sheriff” event scheduled to take place in early December. The office needs to raise at least $10,000 to be donated by Nov. 30 toward children from needy families this Christmas. Checks can be made out to Lyon County Sheriff’s Office with “shop with a sheriff” in the memo line, to be sent to Brenda Farler, 30 Nevin Way, Yerington, 89447. To donate or to sponsor a child, call Deputy Redmond at 775-246-6200, 775-577-5023 or email jredmond@lyon-county.org.• Young At Heart Senior Citizens Club is preparing Christmas gift bags for Meals-on-Wheels recipients and homebound seniors. Donations of small, unwrapped presents are needed. Deliver gifts to the Douglas County Senior Center, 2300 Meadow Lane, in Gardnerville or call 775-783-6455 for donation pick-up. Donations can be mailed to the Young At Heart Senior Citizens Club, PO Box 1042, Gardnerville, NV 89410-1042.• Home Instead Senior Care will collect and distribute gifts to seniors who might otherwise spend the holiday alone. Christmas trees in the North Carson City Walmart will feature ornaments with the first names of seniors and gift requests. Shoppers are asked to pick an ornament, buy items on the list and return them unwrapped to the store with the ornament attached. The Be a Santa to a Senior program will run through Dec. 8. For more information, call 775-283-0333 or go to www.beasantatoasenior.com.