The sales of safe and sane fireworks in Manteca, Lathrop, and Ripon officially kicked off at noon Wednesday
Proceeds from TNT and Phantom – the two leading retailers in consumer fireworks during the Fourth of July week celebration – will benefit the local nonprofit, service and school organizations.
“It will help keep our doors open,” said Shari Deardorff of His Way Recovery House.
Her husband, Brother Al, founded the first His Way Recovery House – described on the website www.hiswayrecovery.org as “a clean, sober, safe, stable, and supportive environment so that the residents can begin to fine-tune their lives” – in 2001.
His Way Recovery, which was recently awarded Non-Profit of the Year by the Manteca Chamber of Commerce, currently has 11 such homes with plans of opening several more in the future.
Located at 1431 W. Yosemite Ave., the His Way Recovery’s TNT Fireworks booth enjoyed a good opening day, according to Deardorff. The hours of operation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. or later from now through Tuesday.
The His Way Baptist Mission also has a fireworks booth in the Wal-Mart shopping center parking lot at 1205 S. Main St.
Other fireworks booth locations / non-profit organizations include:
· 900-1090 N. Main St. – CAL Fit Manteca / Agape Villages Foster Family Agency.
· 1280 Lathrop Rd. – Raley’s / Anderson’s 209 BMX.
· 125-295 W. Louise Ave. – ACE Hardware / Brock Elliott School PTO.
· 815 W. Lathrop Rd. – Calvary Community Church / Calvary Community Church.
· 1125 N. Union Rd. –Freedom Christian Center.
· 131 Spreckels Ave. – Food 4 Less / Iglesia El Sheddai Ministries.
· 1194 E. Yosemite Ave. – Del Taco / Journey Church.
· 1105 S. Main St. – South Main Street and Mission Ridge / Knights of Columbus St. Anthony’s Council.
· 1630 E. Yosemite Ave. – Wendy’s / Place of Refuge.
· 1100 Airport Wy. – South Airport Way and Daniels Street / S & H Athletics.
For more information on the Fourth of July events in Manteca, log on to www.facebook.com/cityofmanteca
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