Gift drive benefits youth in need
Randi Powell
Issue date: 11/20/08 Section: Campus Life
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Adopting a child from the angel tree, allows children whose families would otherwise not be able to afford presents, have gifts for Christmas. According to Donna Strohmeyer, director of Student Activities, the angels will have a list of what the children need which is usually clothing, and then the angel will have a want section, for the extra things that the kids want.
According to Strohmeyer, the Angel Tree currently has adopted 152 kids from the housing authorities in Dublin, Gorman and DeLeon.
"The number could go up because sometimes kids are taken into Child Protective Services, so these children are added to the list late," Strohmeyer said.
Strohmeyer also added that because families are helped with the housing authorities, there are often numerous siblings on the Angel Tree.
"If we have an organization or someone who wants to adopt an entire family, then we will go through our lists and see if we can get all of the brothers and sisters together," Strohmeyer said.
There are three ways to donate this holiday season said Strohmeyer.
"You can adopt an individual, a group of siblings or if you don't want to or can't do the shopping, you can just simply make a monetary donation," she said. "The monetary donations are used to supplement gifts."
Strohmeyer added that while members of the Stephenville community can donate as well, the focus of the Angel Tree is mainly with the Tarleton community.
"In the past 14 years, we have never had an angel go unadopted," she said. "You won't find a more generous community than the one here at Tarleton."
For more information contact Strohmeyer at (254) 968-9490.
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