City Hall Giving Tree In Harris Hall Taking Donations

Annual Christmas charity drive collecting gifts and clothes to help local families.

  If you're having a tough holiday season, the volunteers and donors running City Hall's giving tree are working to come to your aid. Linda Plays at Mayor Leo Fontaine's office, who is running the program, said it starts every year with donations form the Verizon Pioneer Women, a group of Verizon retirees. The group contacted City Hall a few years ago to see if there was a list of people who needed help during the holidays, Plays said.  Plays suggested combining the retirees' efforts with city employees to help people receiving services from Connecting Children & Families, Harvest Community Church, Family Resources and Sojourner House.  The agencies provide a list of local families' needs for the holidays, Plays said, and she sends out an …

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