Community Christmas Dinner:
Please join us at the Pollock Pines ~ Camino Community Center Association invites you to join us for our Annual “free” Christmas Dinner. Each year we are fortunate to have generous donations by our community in order to serve at times over 250 people. Doors open at 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Pollock Pines ~ Camino Community Center, 2675 Sanders Drive, Pollock Pines. FREE. For more information contact: (530) 647-8005
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