Angel Giving Tree set to provide hundreds of children with Christmas gifts
November 6, 2018
Contact:
Nick Ragner
Development Director
(608)782-6126 x239
[email protected]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Angel Giving Tree set to provide hundreds of children with Christmas gifts
LA CROSSE – A tree that brings joy to hundreds of children every year will soon light up for another Christmas season.
The Salvation Army’s Angel Giving Tree is set to go live at Valley View Mall on Saturday, November 10th. Along with Christmas decorations, the Tree also displays tags that feature children signed up for the program – which provides each child with a brand new shirt, pants, and pair of shoes. Tags include a child’s name, age, clothing sizes, and some of their interests. Shoppers are asked to take a tag and play the role of ‘Santa Claus’.
The Angel Giving Tree will be on display at Valley View Mall until Friday, December 7th. Presents can be returned to the Tree or to The Salvation Army. Shoppers are asked to include the original tag and a gift receipt with the presents. Gifts are asked to be returned no later than Monday, December 10th. Distribution of the presents will be held on Tuesday, December 18th.
Trees with tags will also be featured at every Shopko store throughout the La Crosse area as well as Once Upon A Child and Plato’s Closet in Onalaska. Businesses, organizations, and individuals that would like to sponsor large amounts of tags are asked to call The Salvation Army at (608)782-6126.
The Salvation Army of La Crosse County recommends that no more than $40-$50 is spent on each tag. If sponsors would like to spend more, The Salvation Army of La Crosse County is asking that more tags be taken to help cover the more than 1,000 expected children needing assistance.
For more information on the Angel Giving Tree, visit www.SAlacrosse.org.
###