McClellan, CA – McClellan Business Park, LLC raised a record $30,162 this year to purchase groceries and gifts to help 280 local families in need.

The business park donated $8,000 to needy families in the neighborhood. Then it collected another $22,162 in donations from tenants, vendors and employees for a total of $30,162. The money was used to make boxes of food for 280 local families in need.

Since 2003, McClellan Park has helped provide a brighter holiday for more than 1200 local families who are living at or below poverty level. Last year, McClellan Park raised $29,000 and provided 250 Holiday Baskets and 250 grocery bags to local families.  

This year, 280 families received a holiday basket filled with all the ingredients for a holiday meal, a $50.00 grocery gift card, a board game along with additional staple items such as bread, peanut butter, soup, tuna, mac-n-cheese, oatmeal, hot chocolate and granola bars.  The families all have children at one of six area schools – Gateway Community Charters, Bell Avenue, F.C. Joyce, Dry Creek, Orchard and Madison Elementary School.

“For most of these children, the only meal they receive is at school, so it was important to try to fill that gap again this year,” said Charity Committee Co-Chair, Magee Duke. “We hope the addition of the staples will help feed the children during the holiday break.”  

With the additional money raised, McClellan Park was also able to donate $1000 to the “Adopt-a-Family” program and provide gifts and a holiday meal to two local families. Adopt-a-Family is sponsored by North Sac News in conjunction with Sacramento Helping Hands.

McClellan Park made a donation, in lieu of holiday gifts, on behalf of its tenants and vendors to The Holiday Food Basket Program. “We’ve made the Holiday Baskets part of our year-round operation. Many of these families would not have a holiday meal without the support of more than 100 of our employees, tenants and vendors,” McClellan Park president Larry Kelley said.

About McClellan Park:

The County of Sacramento selected McClellan Business Park, LLC, in 1999 to acquire and redevelop McClellan Air Force Base. McClellan Air Force Base was renamed McClellan Business Park (McClellan Park) in 2001. McClellan Park boasts a fully-operational airport, full-service hotel, fitness facility, rail system, office, industrial, retail and dormitories. The project consists of 3,000 acres with approximately 8.5 million square feet of useable buildings and 500 acres of developable land and is fully entitled for over 16 million square feet of commercial, retail, office and residential buildings. For additional information, please visit McClellan Business Park’s website at http://www.mcclellanpark.com.