To the Editor:

Regarding Luce County Community Resource and Recreation Center, also known as YAP, I know times are hard, but we need your help so we won't have to close. I have written for grants, and I am still trying, but we need financial help to be able to stay open. Can you help us?

We all know tax time is coming. But what you may not know is, we are a nonprofit, and you could write the amount you donate off on your taxes.

We are a youth center where kids can go to play pool, video games, or to get help with homework, whatever their need is.

We provide a breakfast and lunch to any in need.

We plan and implement "free" community functions, like Santa and the Easter Bunny coming to town, the community Halloween party, the Spook House, and Community Tie Dyes and picnics, to name a few.

We help this community, as well as other communities, with any needs they may have, from Engadine to Gould City, Hulbert to Germfask, to Paradise. Wherever you call home, we're here for you, from homelessness, to help with finding funding for heat.

We house the local Red Cross, and have a food bank to help those in need. We also have information, on both video and books, about kids' issues and parenting issues, including substance abuse, medical and mental health issues, from having a new baby, to raising teens.

We try to help everyone, but now we need your help.

I have, and will keep writing for grants to keep this center open. Without the help of the people who have donated in the past, we wouldn't be able to keep going.

If you would like to help support the center, you can call me at (906) 293-3729, or write me at 103 West Helen Street, Newberry, Michigan 49868.

Remember, our youth is our future. We must take care of them, because someday they will be taking care of us.

Please continue helping me to help others, by supporting the center. Mary P. Archambeau, Coordinator, Luce County Community Resource and Recreation Center, Newberry