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The 63rd-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, and PADS Lake County.

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

Total donations for the day were $650. Total to date is $18,398.

Lake County

Charlene Larson, In memory of my husband Jim Larson, $75.

Waukegan

Mira Cvetkovic, In memory of mother and sister, $50.

Darlene, Lauren, John, and Larry B, In memory of Stan and Julia Pyktel, and John and Blanche Boegen, $100.

Darlene, Lauren, John and Larry B., In memory of Uncle Denny Murtha and Uncle Don Pyles, $100.

Darlene, Lauren, John and Larry B., In memory of family and friends, $100.

Lauren Sczygielski-Anders, In memory of Walter and Elizabeth Sczygielski, $100.

Zion

Adele Dixon, In memory of Gigi and Karen, $25.

Palm Desert, California

David and Karen Hiner, In memory of Sam and Iva Hiner, Ed and Fran Hiner, Bob and Flo Phillips, $100.