Three Los Banos nonprofit groups were recently given donations totaling $3,500 by Anderson Homes.
The Friends of the Los Banos Library received $1,500, the Police Activities League (PAL) received $1,000, and the Los Banos Volunteer Firefighters received $1,000.
The donations were part of “Giving Back Starts at Home,” Anderson Homes promotion in which a new Los Banos homeowner chooses one of the three nonprofits for a $500 donation from the Anderson family. This year the promotion, in its seventh year, ran from Oct. 1 to Dec. 15.
The Anderson Family has donated more than $80,000 since the program’s inception in 2018 to nonprofit organizations in both Los Banos and Hollister, where new homeowners can choose from among several nonprofits.
Gerry Giesel, the treasurer of the Friends of the Los Banos Library, received the check on Dec. 11 for the Friends from Gina Waldron, a Los Banos representative of Anderson Homes.
“This donation means a lot to the Friends of the Los Banos Library,” Giesel said. “We will use the funds to help the local public library buy books and put on programs, especially for children.
“We appreciate that Anderson Homes values public libraries,” Giesel added, “which provide important services to members of the community of all ages.
