Life Briefs
Yuba City
Canine rescue group sells candy
Sutter Buttes Canine Rescue is having its annual See’s Candies Christmas fundraiser through Monday at the Yuba Sutter Mall in Yuba City.
Goods for sale include nuts and chews, assorted candies and peanut brittle, with proceeds going toward the group’s efforts to place abandoned animals into permanent homes.
The fundraiser site, next to GNC inside the mall, is open during the mall’s holiday hours: 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. today; 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday; and 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday.
The mall is at 1215 Colusa Ave., Yuba City.
For more information about the rescue group, call Sutter Buttes Canine Rescue at 755-2025.
Yuba County
Toys collected for bereaved youth
Sutter North Home Health and Hospice, working with Yuba County, has collected and is distributing gifts to 42 youths in its children’s bereavement program before Christmas Day.
This year’s partnership in the gift effort began when Yuba County Administrator Robert Bendorf reached out to fellow United Way board members to find children to receive donations.
Yuba County hosts an annual holiday breakfast for department managers and asks them to bring a toy for a child in need.
The gifts will be distributed by Sutter North Home Health and Hospice staff and volunteers.
The children’s bereavement program provides grief counseling to children who have lost a loved one.
Yuba-Sutter
Retired teachers donate for food
The California Retired Teachers Association has donated a check for $500 to the Yuba-Sutter Salvation Army for food.
Past president Judy Stout presented the check to captain Tom Stambaugh of the Salvation Army earlier this week.
Marysville
Yuba GOP plans vote telethon
The Yuba County Republican Party is conducting a “Get Out the Vote Telethon” from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 29 at its, 526 D St., Marysville.
Volunteers will be making phone calls encouraging the public to vote in the special election Jan. 8 to elect California’s District Four senator.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Persons interested in volunteering to call may report at the headquarters.
For more information, call Buck Weckman at 675-3221.
Marysville
Food addicts meet weekly
Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, a program based on the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, meets every week at the F.I.R. building, 723 D St., Marysville.
The meetings are from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, including New Year’s Day.
The organization, a fellowship with groups throughout the United States and abroad, includes members with weight ranging from as little as 62 pounds to more than 385 pounds as well as normal weight who are obsessed with food and/or dieting.
There are no dues, fees or weigh-ins. For more information, call 742-6464.
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