The public is invited to attend the second annual “Heart of the Holidays” concert performed by the Plateau Women’s Christmas Choir, together with the Allegro Women’s’ Ensemble and additional guest performers.

Performances, under the direction of Kathee Lundberg, are scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Dec. 6 and 3 p.m. Dec. 7, both in the Enumclaw High School auditorium, 226 Semanski St. Admission to the concert is free, but monetary donations will be collected.

The sole purpose of the Christmas Choir is to perform benefit holiday concerts in support of the local Neighbors Feeding Neighbors program.

The concert began last year as a project of the Allegro Women’s Ensemble after the group’s 2012 benefit concert for NFN raised almost $1,500 and brought increased awareness about the NFN program. With a desire to increase the outcome of the project, the Plateau Women’s Christmas Choir was formed and, at the first “Heart of the Holidays” benefit concert in December 2013, the community supported the cause generously.

Neighbors Feeding Neighbors is a task force of the Enumclaw Regional Healthcare Foundation working in partnership with the city of Enumclaw’s Senior Activity Center to serve nutritious meals to homebound and socially isolated seniors in our community. The program depends on donations to survive.

Because of Neighbors Feeding Neighbors, Enumclaw is among very few communities able to provide hot meals to seniors.

The choirs, along with community sponsor Julie Iunker of the Edward Jones Agency, are absorbing the full cost of the concert so 100 percent of all monetary donations given at the event will be provided to NFN and the Senior Hot Meals program.

Additional information about Neighbors Feeding Neighbors can be provided by staff at the Enumclaw Senior Center, 360-825-4741.