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 $1,300. Total to date is $22,843.
Gurnee
Barbara Balberg, In memory of Dick and Thelma and Fred Dietmeyer, $100.
Anonymous, In memory of Ralph Zahorik, $300.
John and Debbie Robinson, In memory of Don Quist, $100.
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Chuck and Bev Cole, In memory of Don and Rosemary Cole, $50.
Lake Villa
Sam and Linda Gallu, In memory of Being Young! $100.
Mundelein
Anonymous, In memory of Mandy Arebalo of the world-famous El Barrio, $200.
Waukegan
Anonymous, In memory of Peter and Ilse Tribby, Bruce Peterson and Warren Bryce, $250.
Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
John and Nadine Kawa, In memory of Dennis J. Conti, $50.
Chicago
John Boegen, In memory of Don and Kate Pyles, Brad and Charlene Nelson, $150.