Thanks
to
customers,
merchants
and
volunteers
at
Stockton’s
Lincoln
Center,
many
people
in
our
community
will
enjoy
Christmas
just
a
little
bit
more
this
year.
The
center’s
food,
coat
and
sock
drives,
which
have
been
taking
place
at
Christmastime
for
three
years
now,
brought
in
thousands
of
pounds
of
food
and
hundreds
of
coats
and
socks.
On
two
Saturdays
this
month,
December
7
and
14,
baseball
players
from
St.
Mary’s
High
School
and
Lincoln
High
School
stood
in
front
of
Podesto’s
Market
and
Trader
Joe’s
asking
customers
for
donations.
The
two
“Fill-‐the-‐Truck
Food
Drives”
brought
in
an
astonishing
total
of
4,879
pounds
of
food
and
$750.90
for
Stockton’s
Emergency
Food
Bank.
The
Coat
and
Sock
Drive,
which
kicked
off
at
Lincoln
Center’s
Holiday
Open
House
on
November
17th
with
Hannah
Ketcherside
on
site
collecting
socks
and
went
through
December
18,
brought
in
258
coats
and
283
pairs
of
socks.
The
donations
were
given
to
the
Women’s
Center-‐
Youth
&
Family
Services,
St.
Mary’s
Dining
Room
and
the
Lodi
Salvation
Army.
Lincoln
Center
is
Stockton’s
premiere
shopping
and
dining
destination,
located
at
the
corner
of
Pacific
Avenue
and
Benjamin
Holt.
For
more
information
please
visit
www.LincolnCenterShops.com.