The Center for Community Engagement is collaborating with the Department of Child Services this holiday season to host an Indiana State Angel Tree, a way for students, faculty, staff and community members to give back to Terre Haute and the surrounding areas.
The Angel Tree program, which was started in 1979 by the Salvation Army, aims to help individuals and families who may not be able to afford holiday needs and gifts. When the Angel Tree first started, the two founders, Majors Charles and Shirley White, wrote children’s needs and wants on Hallmark cards and displayed them on a Christmas tree at a shopping mall, encouraging shoppers to take a card and donate.
The Indiana State Angel Tree operates in roughly the same manner. Those participating are assigned a child, given an age, gender, and a wish list, and are asked to buy at least one gift on the list for an expected total of twenty to twenty-five dollars. These unwrapped gifts are then delivered to the CCE office and distributed to the families.
Fill out the survey to participate. Survey closes Nov 17.