This year, Christmas 2022, the East Bridgewater Public Library will again host the Giving Tree.
We have giving trees at The Center at Sachem Rock, Dewhurst Lumber, Johnnie Macaroni’s, both locations, Paula Coffey Dance Center. We are very excited to have additional giving tree locations : The Busy Bee Preschool, both locations, Happy Frog Copy Center, the lobby at the Town Hall, EB CTV Office at the JR/Sr High School. Union Congregational Church, Bridgewater Vineyard Church and St. John’s Church are all now part of our HUGS giving community.
The trees will be up the week of November 13th. We will also be at Christmas on the Common on Saturday, December 2nd in the gymnasium with all the non profits and crafters.
We will be actively seeking new tree locations and ways to get tags to donors who wish to participate in our program. Further updates will be posted soon.
If you would like to contribute, stop by, select a tag with a gift wish from a child in need, purchase the gift and return it to the EB public library or town clerks office at town hall, Dewhurst Lumber, Happy Frog Copy Center, Paula Coffey Dance Center, Johnnie Macaroni’s, Busy Bee Preschool, or the Center at Sachem Rock.
HUGS sponsors the annual giving trees, and in collaboration with many generous businesses and individual donors, provides for children and families who have met with difficult times and are in need of assistance.
If you are an East Bridgewater family in need of assistance, please contact us with your name, address and best contact info and a volunteer will call you to discuss your families specific needs. You can also apply for assistance online through our website at www.ebhugs.org.
If you would like to adopt a child, thank you. We understand that this is a big task & we appreciate your generosity. You can provide us with an age range if you like. We will do our best to match you with an appropriate child. We will provide you with a list of the items requested for that child. They include toys and clothing items. The expectation would be that all items on that list would be purchased to the best of your ability. If for any reason you can’t fulfill the list (can’t find item or size, delayed delivery, costs ran too high, or other reasons) PLEASE let us know asap so that we can shop for those items. Please DO NOT wait until the drop off to let us know, that severely limits our ability to shop for those items. If you only wish to shop for the toys or clothing requests for a child, you can do that as well. Just let us know when you ask for a child to adopt. We will send you a list of those particular items requested.
If you wish to adopt a whole family, please know that we recognize and appreciate the time and cost of taking on this endeavor. We are very grateful. You can specify a family with a certain age range or number of children if you wish. We will provide you with a list of items requested for each child in the family. We also typically provide a grocery card for mom & a gas or other card for dad. The lists for the children include both toys and clothing. The expectation is that all items on each list will be purchased to the best of your ability. If there are reasons why purchases can’t be made, (costs ran too high, can’t find items, delayed shipping, etc) please let us know as soon as possible so that we can try to purchase those items. Please DO NOT wait until you drop off the gifts to let us know. That severely limits our ability to purchase those items.
We are very grateful for every individual, family and business that support our program every year. We are blessed to live in wonderful community with so many generous people willing to help others in need.
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