Last chance to sign up for Christmas baskets

Signups for the 2016 Community Christmas Baskets are going on now at the H.O.P.E. Agency, 426 Big Horn, and The Help Center, Fifth and Arapahoe. The deadline to sign up is Friday, Dec. 9 with pickup of the baskets on Saturday, Dec. 17 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Parish Hall at 642 Arapahoe.

Nonperishable food donations may be left in the entryway at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 642 Arapahoe, marked “Christmas Baskets.”

Monetary donations may be sent to Christmas Baskets, P.O. Box 950, Thermopolis, WY 82443.

Volunteers will be packing up the boxes on Thursday, Dec. 15 from 6-7 p.m. at the parish hall.

Helpers would be welcome on pickup day also to take the boxes to cars.

For more information, please call the parish hall at 864-3629 and leave a message for a call back.

Last year, the program provided around 100 boxes of food to families in need throughout the community with the help of volunteers, organizations and businesses in Thermopolis.