Christmas 2025
- EB HUGS Giving Trees are located at the following 20 locations this year:
- East Bridgewater Public Library
- East Bridgewater Senior Community Center (COA)
- Dewhurst Lumber
- Michelle’s Studio of Dance
- St. John’s Parish
- Paula Coffey Dance Center
- EBCTV office at the Jr/Sr High School
- EB Commercial Club
- Union Congregational Church
- Cadence Academy, Whitman and EB locations
- Johnny Macaroni’s, both EB locations
- Little Discoveries, both locations
- Towne Tavern and Tap
- Whitman Fire Department
- Happy Frog Copy Center
- Cafe Madeleine
- EB Town Hall
- Paul Wolfe Motors
- Graybar Assoc.
- Frontline Bakery and Cafe
Thank you to all our awesome locations!!
**Special Event sponsored by Perfectly Flavah’d Cafe-Fill the Truck- the week of December 7 through 13. Check out the list of most requested items for our 10-18 year olds and drop it by the Cafe anytime.
Come see us on Saturday, December 6th at Christmas on the Common. We will be there with a giving tree!
We are helping over 120 families this year and we need your help.
There are plenty of tags on all our trees.
If you have not taken a tag yet, please consider stopping by any of these great locations and taking a tag or 2 to help a family in need have a brighter Christmas.
No time to shop? No problem. Hugs can do the shopping for you.
We accept cash, checks made payable to Hugs, venmo at East Bridgewater HUGS, or PayPal
If you have any questions or would like additional information on ways to help,please contact us at wishes@ebhugs.org or contact Theresa at 508-350-9811.
Thank you to all who contribute to our program!
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 clerk’s office at town hall, Dewhurst Lumber, Happy Frog Copy Center, Paula Coffey Dance Center, 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.