CHRISTMAS GIFT

THE CHRISTMAS GIFT PROGRAM PROMOTES CARING AND UNDERSTANDING IN OUR COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING FUNDING AND/OR ITEMS TO THOSE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE GO WITHOUT DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SEASON. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO THOSE IN NEED THROUGH WRITTEN REQUESTS EITHER BY THE FAMILY OR INDIVIDUAL IN NEED OR BY NOMINATION OF A SECOND PARTY THAT KNOWS AND UNDERSTANDS THE NEEDS OF THE RECIPIENT. THE PROGRAM IS AIDED BY FUNDRAISERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE REVENUE THAT IS PRODUCED BY THESE FUNDRAISERS AND OTHER DONATIONS ARE GIVEN OUT TO THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY IN NEED BASED ON ONE MAJOR RULE. THOSE IN THE MOST URGENT NEED TAKE PRIORITY. MOST OF EACH DOLLAR RAISED BY THE ROGRAM GOES BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY TO HELP THOSE IN NEED. THE PROGRAM DOES NOT JUST GRANT "GIFTS" AT CHRISTMAS TIME. WITH THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN NEED AT VARYING TIMES, "THE CHRISTMAS GIFT" PROGRAM PRIDES ITSELF IN HOLDING ON TO THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT ALL YEAR ROUND AND THEREFORE WE PRES