Pasco County Tax Collector Mike Fasano announces that his office is sponsoring the following events to help the community during the 2022 holiday season:
• Be a Santa to a Senior – collection boxes are in each of the five tax collector offices. Please stop by and donate a personal care item for a local senior citizen (i.e., toiletries, bath sets, greeting cards, stationary, stamps, etc.). Gifts will be collected until December 14.
• Toys 4 Tots – the five tax collector’s office locations in Pasco County are all drop-off sites for the Marine Corps League’s annual toy drive. Toys for children of military personnel will be collected up to December 16.
• Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Drive – The Gulf Harbors and Wesley Chapel offices will be Red Kettle donation sites on December 10 and December 17. Please stop by between 8:30 AM and NOON either day to contribute to the important programs the Salvation Army provides throughout the year.
• 28th Annual Holiday Food Giveaway – On December 16 food for those in need will be distributed by Tax Collector Mike Fasano and other officials. Details of this event will be sent separately. To support this event collection jars will be on display in December in each of the five tax collector offices in Pasco County. Donations made will help purchase fresh food and other items for needy families this holiday season and into 2023.
The locations of the five tax collector offices are: the West Pasco Government Center, 8731 Citizens Drive – Room 120, New Port Richey; Gulf Harbors – 4720 U.S. Highway 19, New Port Richey; Land O’ Lakes, 4135 Land O’ Lakes Blvd. (US 41), Land O’ Lakes; Wesley Chapel – 4610 Pet Lane – Room C 101, Lutz/ Wesley Chapel, and the East Pasco Government Center, 14236 – 6th Street – Room 100, Dade City.
“Please join the staff of the Pasco County Tax Collector’s Office as we celebrate the holidays by reaching out to those most in need,” states Tax Collector Mike Fasano. “Your support of these wonderful local programs will help countless people enjoy the holidays this year. Your gift of any amount will go a long way towards helping our community have a joyous holiday season.”
For details about each program, information regarding hours and locations, or general questions about the services provided by the Pasco County Tax Collector’s Office, please contact Greg Giordano, Assistant Tax Collector at (727) 847-8179.