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8 www.DesertMessenger.com November 15, 2023 Food Bank updates HERE WE GO! Santa's Workshop Art and Craft Show is Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 25 & 26 10-4 after Thanksgiving. This has been a wonderful fund- raiser for the Quartzsite Food Bank. All items are homemade. Vendors donate an item for the raffle to raise funds for the food bank, a great way to win a wonderful handcrafted item from our talented artists and craft- ers. Located at the Tyson Wells Show Ground Building. For more info go to https://fqfoodbank.com/ santas-workshop. Silly Al's Is Challenging You to Donate Thanksgiving Turkeys! Silly Al's has issued a challenge to other businesses, organizations and individuals to donate turkeys! The Quartzsite Food Bank is in need of 50 turkeys for the Thanksgiving Family Baskets. You can make a difference for a family this Thanksgiving! How to Donate: The turkeys or a donation can be dropped off at the Quartzsite Food Bank, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8AM to Noon at 40 North Moon Mountain before Nov 18. To be put on the list of donors that will be published please leave your busi- ness card or name written on paper with the turkey when you drop it off. If you cannot deliver the turkey please call at 928-927-7000 to have it picked up. If you would rather make a donation for us to buy the turkeys go to: QuartsiteFoodBank. com Donate and leave the message Holiday Family Turkeys. Welcome back snowbirds! Your donation makes a difference. We are a privately owned nonprofit and must raise all the funds we need to operate. When donating to FQFB, you not only receive that good feel- ing of helping the community, but you can write us off on your taxes as we are a 501c3 nonprofit. Do you work and owe AZ Taxes? You can donate that money to the food bank instead of paying the state with the AZ Tax Credit. That is not a tax write-off but a credit on your actual AZ taxes that you owe up to $841 of your AZ taxes that you do not have to pay. Dollar for dollar of your donations goes to us, and it is still an IRS write-off. If you cannot donate money to us right now, did you know you can gift the food bank a car or RV? You can also leave the food bank a gift of money, real estate, or other items in your will, a Beneficiary Deed, or even designate retirement IRA accounts or stock investments to the Friends of the Quartzsite Food Bank. Or sim- ply leave FQFB as your beneficiary on your bank account. You can also have a Legacy Page on our website QuartzsiteFoodBank.com. Remember to pick up your govern- ment boxes at the Western College 1st and 3rd Mondays 8 am to 10. Watch for changes in their days and times on Facebook at Yuma Com- munity Food Bank. The Quartzsite Transit bus service has free rides to the food bank. Just call them at 928-927-4333 for details. Thank you for taking the time to read this. For more info or to donate, go to QuartzsiteFoodBank.com. Or Mail a check and make it out to: FQFB, PO Box 4051, Quartzsite, AZ 85359. Food Bank Hours Tues & Thur 8-noon 40 N Moon Mountain Ave. A picture ID, like a driver's license, is needed to sign up. Thank You from FQFB and all our hard-working volunteers. Come join our "Rebels With A Cause" volunteers at the food bank! To volunteer, show up 1 hour before opening Tues or Thur and come in through the back gate. For more info, call 928-662-7000. The La Posa Long Term Visitor Area (LTVA) was created in 1983 to fulfill the needs of winter visitors and to protect the local desert ecosystem from overuse. The campground is approximately 11,400 acres in size, flat landscape, sparsely vegetated with plants such as creosote bushes, palo verde trees, ironwood trees, mesquite trees and various species of cacti. La Posa LTVA offers soli- tude in a unique desert landscape and a variety of recreational op- portunities such as hiking, wildlife viewing and rockhounding. Facilities 10 ADA accessible vault toilets, 8 water faucets, dry dump station, dump station with water, trash ser- vices, dance floor and ramada. Permits and Fees Whether you're planning a single visit or coming back multiple times a year, enjoy the convenience of purchasing a pass before you arrive to cover recreation-related fees at Bureau of Land Management sites. Learn more about site-specific digi- tal pass options at the Yuma Field Office and buy your pass. The LTVA long term permit ($180) allows use of Bureau of Land Man- agement designated LTVAs continu- There are no designated campsites and you may camp anywhere with- in the boundary of the five camp- ing areas. These sites are excellent places to stay for a few days if you are camping in a self-contained ve- hicle. They are located within close proximity to the Town of Quartzsite, where you can enjoy huge outdoor swap meets and gem and mineral show every January and February. Recreation and leisure-time ac- tivities abound on the public lands surrounding Quartzsite, including hiking, off-highway vehicle riding, wildlife viewing, rock-hounding, and hunting. There are no facilities at the free sites. There are no fees for camping. The length of stay is ously from September 15th to April 15th (a total of 7 months), or for any length of time between those two dates. The LTVA short-visit permit ($40) allows use of Bureau of Land Management designated LTVAs for any 14 consecutive day period from September 15th to April 15th, which begins on the day the permit receipt is exchanged for the official permit and decal. The short-visit permit may be renewed an unlimited number of times for the cost of the permit. LTVA permits are valid at all of the Bureau of Land Management LTVAs. From April 16th through Septem- ber 14th, the fee is $10 per vehicle for day-use, $15 per vehicle for overnight use, or $75 annually per vehicle, for up to 5 people per ve- hicle. There will be a $1 fee charged for each person over the 5 person limit. The maximum stay is 14 days in a 28-day period. Visitors must pay daily fees or pur- chase annual permits at the Yuma Field Office, on site, or https://www. recreation.gov/sitepass/eb34b293- bd2b-4120-b6fa-c18be8184a67 Yuma District BLM Phone number: (928) 317-3200. limited to 14 days in a 28 day peri- od. In addition to existing rules and regulations, there are supplemental rules which are used to help man- age this campground. A free 14-Day Camping Permit is available from the seasonal camp host. • PLOMOSA ROAD: Off 95 north of Quartzsite on north and south sides of Plomosa Road. • HI JOLLY/MM112: About 3 miles north of Quartzsite on US Highway 95. • DOME ROCK MOUNTAIN: We s t from Quartzsite about 4 miles. • SCADDAN WASH:About 3.5 miles east of Quartzsite. • ROAD RUNNER: On the west side of US 95, about 5 miles south of Quartzsite. BLM 14-day free camping BLM LTVA camping areas

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