Season’s Greetings Middlebury Students!

Help sponsor a local child whose family cannot afford to buy presents for the holiday season through the Giving Trees program, in collaboration with the local organization H.O.P.E (Helping Overcome Poverty’s Effects). Here’s how:

• You can sponsor a tree by yourself, with a friend, as a residence hall, Commons, team, or student organization—or in any other way you create.
• To try to ensure equity among children in the same family, we ask that you consider spending a minimum amount of $50 per tree – but please don’t let this discourage you from participating! We strongly encourage you to team up with friends and peers to maximize the fun and impact of each Giving Tree!
• Do NOT wrap gifts. Please make sure that all the gifts belonging to a tree are together in one bag, unwrapped and unmarked. Please do affix your “tree number” to the bag.
• You can pick up a tree (paper cut-out) from Civic Engagement programs in the Center for Education in Action (Adirondack House Rm. 210, upstairs, follow signs) on Thursday, November 17th; Friday, November 18th; and Monday, November 21st  between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. The tree will have all the information you need: the age and gender of the child/adult, what his/her clothing needs are, and a wish he/she has.
• Gifts must be brought back to the Center for Education in Action (EIA) Library in Adirondack House on Thursday, December 8th or Friday, December 9th between 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

If you have any questions, please e-mail jcalkins@middlebury.edu. Take care and have a great Thanksgiving break and upcoming Holiday Season.

Ashley Calkins ’06
Community Engagement Coordinator
Center for Education in Action: Careers, Fellowships, Civic Engagement
Middlebury College  |   Middlebury, VT 05753
802.443.3099  |  go.middlebury.edu/eia