Donation At The Doorstep

Lake County Youth Center Supervisor Nick Logoteta shows off a PlayStation2... (The Record-Bee)
CLEARLAKE Lake County Youth Center Supervisor Nick Logoteta was happily surprised Monday when he left the facility for just a few minutes and returned to find a fun and entertaining donation. An anonymous donor, suspected to be an officer of the Clearlake Police Department, left a PlayStation 2 game system along with a Guitar Hero controller and more than a dozen games Monday afternoon.

"These kinds of donations mean so much to our local children," Logoteta said. "It lets them know that people in the community care about them."

The youth center, which is located on Golf Avenue in Clearlake, has a schedule of activities and snacks that are offered on a weekly basis. Mondays are reserved for board games and nachos. Tuesdays there is painting and chicken sandwiches. Wednesdays is a "free for all" with chili dogs or nachos. Thursdays are reserved for pool and ping pong tournaments with corn dogs or hotdogs and Fridays are movie days with popcorn and pizza.

Membership fees have been changed, Logoteta reported. "Instead of $10 a month per child or $20 for two or more children, we have changed the prices to $50 for entire year for one child or $75 for two or more children. But still, here at the youth center, we turn no child away for lack of funds. That's where the community really comes in with support for our sponsorship program," he said.

The sponsorship program enables the center to provide for all children of the community despite financial

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limitations of the family. For more information regarding donations to the program, contact the Lake County Youth Center at 994-7281.
According to Logoteta, the youth center is enjoying healthy participation. "We have a lot of kids who are into sports. We have a couple playing baseball and couple playing softball. We have a lot of kids here who are doing the right thing and staying out of trouble and we probably sign up a new kid each week," he said.

A field trip is being planned for youth center participants. "We are trying to plan a trip to Yogi Bear campground and amusement center," Logoteta said. "We are planning the trip for this summer. We are trying to start our fundraising now so as many kids who want to go can."

Operation hours, which are specific to meet requirements mandated by the state, are 2:15 to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 2:15 to 5:10 p.m. on Fridays. The center welcomes children age 10 to 16 years of age.

Contact Denise Rockenstein at drockenstein@clearlakeobserver.com or call her directly at 994-6444, ext. 11.