Unit #1122, Merced Irrigation District Unit, donated $500 from the Community Fund to the Merced County Parks & Recreation’s “Hooked on Fishing” event, which took place on June 12. This free community event is intended to allow people with mental and physical disabilities to experience the thrills of fishing.
The unit traditionally sponsors this annual event by purchasing sodas and hotdogs for the lunch, but the lunch portion was cancelled for this year, so instead, the unit donated 42 fishing poles and 42 jars of powerbait for those fishing this year.
“They were ecstatic with the donation, and they allowed the kids to keep the poles,” Local 1245 Business Rep Sheila Lawton reported.
