Updates from The Giving Tree
- January 2020 -
Wishing you peace, happiness & kindness in 2020! 
We are so grateful to you for choosing to make
The Giving Tree a part of your world. 
Here's to a year filled with service!
In this issue:

  • Sock Challenge helps the homeless...
  • Save the date for service!
  • Oatmeal warms the soul...
  • Charitable programs for school funding
  • Celebrating soup and more!
2020 MLK Sock Roll Challenge

It's not too late! Join the MLK Day Challenge! 
Get your group... class... or school involved!! 
Socks are the number one requested item for the homeless. Be a part of the solution! Let's get to work!  

Challenge deadline January 31, 2020. 

Click the link below for more information and to sign up your group for the Challenge! There is a $25 fee to join the Challenge (to help us cover the cost.)
Service Opportunity...
Save the Date

Helping Hands 2020
Saturday March 14th
10:00 - 1:00 PM
Wissahickon Middle School

$5 fee per participant - groups and individuals welcome! Online registration opening soon!

National Oatmeal Month

As temperatures dip and we all feel like hibernating til Spring, January is the perfect time to think oatmeal! January is National Oatmeal Month. Here are a couple of ways to spread some kindness with an oatmeal theme.
 
- Bake a batch of oatmeal cookies and deliver them to your local police department, an elderly neighbor or leave them in the mailbox for your mail delivery person. Click here for a recipe.  
 
- Organize an oatmeal drive for a local food pantry. Of course, all donations are appreciated but it might be fun to focus on donations of oatmeal. It is a nutritious meal that warms the soul.

Fund-a-School Program

Interested in bringing an educational charity program to your child's school? But finding the funds aren't there to support it? Check out our newest addition to our website. Register your school for our "Fund a School Program". This allows families to make direct donations to Giving Tree educational projects that benefit your specific school . Check out the link below to visit the page. Contact us for more information.
National Soup Month
 
Nothing drives away those chilly winter blues like a hot bowl of your favorite soup. There are a million ways to celebrate National Soup Month! Check out the link below for a few of our suggestions:


Coming Soon...

Be on the lookout for our NEW Blog launching early spring! We'll be sharing thoughts and ideas about giving back and community service recommendations. We'll share stories from within the Giving Tree walls and beyond. 
Corporate Support... Partner with Us
A special thank you to the Patriarch Family Foundation of North Wales,
for their continued support of The Giving Tree.

Please visit the Corporate Support tab on our website for a variety of ways
you and your company can become a Giving Tree partner.
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