Angel Tree Project Needs Your Help

The Angel Tree Project is underway and needs your help.

The project, coordinated by Council Rock School District nurses and volunteer Paul Salvatore, helps to grant holiday "wishes" for local families in need. The wishes— or gift requests—of local children and their families are placed on a tag that looks like an angel. Those tags are hung on Christmas trees, which are located at the Newtown Post Office and the Northampton Library.

To help, simply pick up a tag at the Newtown Post Office or Northampton Library and purchase the requested item. This year there are more than 120 families in need, Salvatore said.

Gifts range from toys like Legos to family gifts like a toaster.

The families are not identified by name for the purposes of confidentiality. There’s a number on the tag that identifies the recipient. Families involved in the program are selected based on their participation in the school lunch program, Salvatore explained.

Gifts, which should be wrapped and include the original tag, can be returned back to the location where the tag was selected. This year, the gifts should be returned by Dec. 13. The gifts will be delivered on Dec. 16.