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The 62nd-annual Help Them To Hope campaign benefits local service agencies that provide direct financial support and services to Lake County residents in need.

Agencies that benefit from donations this year are A Safe Place, Beacon Place, Catholic Charities of Lake County, COOL Ministries, Keeping Families Covered, Mothers Trust Foundation, PADS Lake County and Roberti Community House.

To donate to the fund, send checks or money orders to: Help Them To Hope. P.O. Box 364, Gurnee, IL 60031, go to www.helpthemtohope.com or www.helpthemtohope.org and click on DONATE.

Total donations for Friday were $2,771. Total to date is $42,876.

Gurnee

Deborah Modde: $200.

Jan Boettle and family: In memory of husband, father and grandfather “Ziggy,” $150.

Mundelein

Robert and Rosemary Alfredson: In memory of former News-Sun employees Marianne Adrowski and Jack Burkett, $100.

North Chicago

Ann Janocha: $2,021.

Chicago

John Boegen: In memory of John and Blanche Boegen, $100.

John Boegen: In memory of Stan and Julie Pyktel, $100.

John Boegen: In memory of Mike and Joanne Christensen, $100.