Desert Messenger

December 2, 2015 www.DesertMessenger.com 9 Located at the Gateway to Glacier National Park, Montana 103 Hwy. 2 East, Columbia Falls, MT 1-888-401-7268 www.ColumbiaFallsRVPark.com A Full Service Destination RV Park We Are the Only RV Park Within City Limits of Columbia Falls! Call Don 928-927-3080 208-255-6955 Don's Rocks Decorative Landscaping Hauling, Dumptruck & Backhoe Services WE'RE BACK! Looking forward to seeing our Friends! TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Weigh In from 6:30AM to 7:45AM on Tuesday mornings. Meeting from 8:00AM to 9:00AM at the Quartzsite Alliance Church Fellowship Hall, 720 Desert Vista St., Quartzsite. For more informa- tion call Zee at 928-927-5075 or Ruth at 928-927-8352. TOPS group meets AGELESS REFLECTIONS Christ- mas Craft Show. 445 N. Broadway at Todd Park. Blythe, CA. Dec. 5th 9-2 Call Sharon at 760-921-9174 Spaces $10.00, or stop by Commu- nity Bldg. Phone 1-760-921-9174. Christmas Craft Show Library hosts presentation on Poston Dec. 7 Bill Heidner, J CIV US ARMY Cu- rator at the Yuma Proving Ground Museum, relives the story of the Poston Internment Camp Memo- rial Monday, December 7th at 7pm. The Poston War Relocation Center was the largest (in terms of area) of the ten American con- centration camps operated by the War Relocation Authority during World War II. The presentation will be held in the Council Chambers at Town Hall. Sponsored by Quartzsite Public Library, Friends of the Library and The Quartzsite His- torical Society will be providing refreshments. Operation Hero Comfort to hold Silent Auction Dec. 12 By Joanne Winer The Q.I.A. is hosting the annual Silent Auction to benefit the Troops sponsored by Operation Hero Comfort on December 12 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This event is the biggest fundraiser for this group, whose mission is to send care pack- ages to their "adopted" troop units in harm's way in the middle east. Operation Hero Comfort has been in operation here in Quartzsite since 2005, and they have sent out hundreds of care packages since they started. Every month, each unit gets at least 4 boxes--two food and two non-food. Each box costs $15.75 to send, and sometimes they have to purchase additional items to put into the boxes that don't get donated. Operation Hero Comfort founder Anita Carlson and her late husband Doc started out sending packages to family members, and when they all got back safe, Doc and Anita de- cided to keep sending packages un- til all the troops came home. When Doc passed away several years ago, Anita kept it going with volunteers and family members pitching in. The Silent Auction has been go- ing for many years now and every year it gets bigger and better. In fact it outgrew Town Hall and the Community Center and is back at the Quartzsite Improvement Assoc. (QIA) again; which is full circle, since it began there! This town has been very gener- ous in the past by donating items for the packages, and also items for the Silent Auction. Many of our businesses and vendors pitch in ev- ery year and make it such a huge success by donating items for the auction. Anyone is welcome to do- nate an item for the auction. You can drop them off at Reader's Oasis Books or at the office at the Las Ca- sas de Quartzsite (family and Senior housing office) on Quail Trail at the east end of town. If you need it picked up, please call Anita at 763- 639-9330. The Silent Auction will have door prizes, 50/50 raffle, and refresh- ments available. It is also hoped that everyone attending will sign the Christmas cards available that will be sent out in the next packages to the troops. They currently have 10 units, and this fundraiser is hoped to be a huge success to help with the postage and items needed. Any non-perish- able food items (no pork products), non-food items like books, current magazines, DVDs, stationery, toilet- ries, etc. are greatly appreciated and there will be a box at the event to put them in. If you cannot donate any items, but would still like to support the troops by helping, come to the Si- lent Auction and see if there is any- thing you would like to bid on and join in the fun!! Any help is greatly appreciated by these brave men and women who are putting their lives at risk to help others.

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