Update: $128K Raised for Interfaith Social Services

Cash Drive for Interfaith 2025 Photo by Charise Jim Left to Right Andrea Jones, Diane Bennett, Jason Banks, Sabrina Biehl, Mark Grauer, Joseph Sveum

Update: The updated total raised today is $128,610 with donations continuing to be accepted. Donate by clicking on the donate button here. Donations of money and coats will be accepted tomorrow at Interfaith’s Office, 18500 Striker Court, beginning at 9 am to noon.

Original story written by Tracey Petersen Dec 5 at 11:55am: Sonora, CA – The Cash Drive for Interfaith Social Services raises more than $122K, and donations can still be made through the weekend.

Central Sierra Broadcasting hosted this morning’s drive on Star 92.7 and 93.5 KKBN. Some of the donations made included the Sonora Area Foundation with $41,500, Black Oak Casino Resort added another $5,000, and Ken McCarty of Ken’s Asphalt donated $2,500. Interfaith Director Diane Bennett also stated, “I challenge people to keep donating. We kicked it off with a $60,000 donation from the Chicken Ranch Tribal Council. Thank you very much; that money is so vital. The first individual donor was Terry Arrington in memory of her husband, Ron, for $1000, and maybe you went to Sonora High some years ago; you may have known Ron as the Ag teacher, so let’s have some donations and Ron’s memory for our students.”

Donations can still be made on mymotherlode.com’s homepage; just click the red donate button at the top. Tomorrow is the coat drive at Interfaith’s Office on Striker Court that runs from 9 am to 1 pm.