November 16, Leonard Elementary Giving Tree

On behalf of the Leonard Elementary School community, we would like to offer the opportunity to help spread some holiday cheer. Each holiday season, Leonard Elementary puts up a “Giving Tree."

This year we have a “Virtual Giving Tree” where you can “pick” a gift(s) to provide.

Parents, staff, community members and local businesses can anonymously sign up and purchase holiday gifts for the families.  The wrapped gifts are returned to the school where they are distributed to the families.

 

Wrapped gifts should have a tag that indicates Family #, child gender/age, and contents of gift

 

This is done anonymously.  However, you will be asked to provide a valid email address to use the site.  You will also be asked to enter a name.  This can be first name, family name, business, “anonymous” or anything else.  None of this information is visible or shared.

 

Click the link to access the virtual tree sign up.

 https://signup.com/go/drcJkQr

 

 

The Giving Tree serves three major purposes.

 

  1. Often the Giving Tree can help families during the holidays at just the right time.  However, the Giving Tree is not just for families in need.  It is also used to welcome families, express gratitude, acknowledge sacrifices families have made for their children, or just show appreciation for being part of our school community.
  2. The Giving Tree brings our community together.  Parents, staff, community members, businesses and organizations all participate in Leonard Elementary’ s Giving Tree.  It is this sense of coming together as a community that helps make Leonard a special place.
  3. Most importantly, the Giving Tree helps our students witness and understand the spirit of giving, community, taking care of each other and doing something nice for one another.

 

Please visit the VIRTUAL GIVING TREE and consider selecting a gift idea from list, getting the gift, wrapping it and returning it to the school with a gift identification tag attached (see above).

 

If you know of a family that might help us achieve our three purposes listed above, please contact Mr. McDevitt ([email protected]) for consideration to be anonymously added to the tree.

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