File photo from the Angel Tree program (2022)
It’s the 39th year of the Angel Tree Program, a combined effort between the OPP and Family and Children’s Service of Lanark, Leeds and Grenville.
The “angels”, assigned to trees, are children directly affiliated with Family and Children’s Services and affiliated programs. The goal is to provide a Christmas gift for each child. There will also be a selection of tags as an option of purchasing a gift card for a teen or groceries for a family.
The Lanark County municipal offices in Tay Valley, Lanark Highlands, Drummond-North Elmsley, Montague, Beckwith, Town of Mississippi Mills and the Pakenham Library have been with the program since the beginning and are participating once again.
The community partners this year in Perth are Albany, Eaton, Lanark County Administration, Wilson Street Auto Fleet & Tire, Spring Children, Perth Hospital, Perth Athletic Center, Lanark Dance Company, Perth Town Hall, Perth Home Hardware and Uniglass Plus. In Carleton Place the community partners are Kirk Orthodontics, Walmart, Connect Well, Ricks Glass Medic and Tinting, The Studio School of Dance and Heritage Dental.
Community partners broaden the dispersal of angels and are angles in their own way. There will also be a gift card tree in Almonte at the CareBridge Community support building.
In Smiths Falls, OPP East Region Headquarters continues to conduct an internal distribution of angels to OPP employees. Rideau Home Hardware and 2 Guys for Lunch are their community partner.
Effective Tuesday, November 12, 2024, Angel Trees bearing “Angel Cards” will be distributed to the listed locations.
Gifts (preferably unwrapped or in a gift bag) must be returned before Friday, December 6, 2024. Ensure the Angel Card is affixed to the gift AND the gift contents are printed on the back of the card.
Donations of money and items of new clothing/toys are also gratefully accepted. Lanark County OPP will be collecting from all of the locations on December 10 and 11 and delivering them to Family and Children’s Services for distribution.news7 Moved File from Markets\ON East\Holding to Markets\ON East\Daily Stories @ 11/13/24 02:43 PM