Published: July 31, 2024
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – According to Vanessa Wood, Supervising Deputy Probation Officer, “The El Dorado County Probation Department sponsored the Adopt A Day event on July 22 in memory of our co-worker, Desiree Wright, who passed away in February 2024.” Desiree had participated in the Probation Department’s Adopt A Day of Nourishment sponsorship in July of 2023 and “the extra Probation Department members showed up to honor Desiree at this year’s sponsorship meal.” In addition to Vanessa, those honorees included Brian Richart, Chief Probation Officer, Pat Adams, Forrest Andra, Destiny Burress, Maggie Smith, Jorge Soriano, and Julie Wyatt. Hosting a Monday Meal, which served 82 community members a hot, nutritious meal this week, is a wonderful tribute to someone very special to her co-workers.
To sponsor the dinner, Vanessa collected $350 from the El Dorado County Probation Department members to cover the sponsorship donation. Also, due to sponsoring the meal in honor of Desiree, an extra three department members joined the Bread & Broth volunteers in serving a restaurant-quality meal and giving out “food giveaway” bags to help the dinner guests with food for the remainder of the week. The bags are filled with dairy products (milk, eggs, butter), fresh fruit and vegetables, meat, breads and pastries, and various food staples which often the dinner guests are unable to afford at the grocery store…Read more
