Open Your Heart, a Christmas fund and gift drive to help families in need sponsored by the American Legion Lloyd Spetz Post No. 1, is marking its 79th consecutive year of helping.

Food purchased from community contributions will be sorted into baskets on Dec. 22 and delivered on Dec. 23.

Organizers of this year's drive include chairman, Past Commander Bob Wefald; vice chairman, Past Commander Gary Helgeson; finance officer, Dave Peterson; member-at-large, Past Commander Dick Iverson, and secretary, Amber Wilson.