Photos: HELP Center receives donations
![Jeri Sue Haney (right), manager of the BBVA Idyllwild branch, presents a check to Colleen Meyer, executive director of the Idyllwild HELP Center, Monday morning. Skye Zambrana (left) and Jessica Darling of BBVA (center left) participated in the gift.Photo by JP Crumrine](https://idyllwildtowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/help-ctr-520x349.jpg)
![Riverside County Fire Department staff from Station 23 Pine Cove brought toys from their Spark of Love program to the Idyllwild HELP Center Monday. Here, from left, Nanci Killingsworth (president of the HELP Center board) and Skye Zambrana (client services administrator at the HELP Center), accept the gifts from the Station 23 staff, Rodger Hughes (engineer), Capt. Mark Gillman and Tyler Williams (engineer) and Colleen Meyer (executive director of the Idyllwild HELP Center). Photo by Julia Ledesma](https://idyllwildtowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/spark-520x274.jpg)
Photo by Julia Ledesma
![John Newman, Business Operations Executive Officer of Idyllwild Arts Academy, hands a turkey to Idyllwild HELP Center director Colleen Booth Meyer. Idyllwild Arts gave a total of 38 turkeys to the HELP Center for local families. Photo courtesy Idyllwild Arts Academy](https://idyllwildtowncrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/turkey-donation-520x536.jpg)
One of the highlights of the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema’s second weekend is an hour-long Q&A with Academy Award-nominated actress Anne Archer. Archer received her Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her role as Beth Gallagher in Adrian Lyne’s 1987 thriller “Fatal Attraction.” Hosted by IIFC Founder and Director Stephen Savage, the…
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