Food, Toy and Gift Card Donation Guidelines:
TreeFest organizers have long been awed and humbled by the generosity of the community and sponsor decorators. Many of you have gone beyond beautifully and lovingly decorating a tree as a gift to someone they will never meet. You left gifts of food and presents. This is truly touching and a demonstration of love and caring.
We adopted the following guidelines a number f years ago and were gratified by the generosity of the decorators and the success of the change. In addition to gift cards to go along with virtually every decorated tree, there was the equivalent of over two of the very large Toys for Tots boxes filled to the brim with children's gifts and many, many, many boxes of food for the Bloomsburg Food Cupboard!
We do not and would not ask ANY of our decorators to take on a financial commitment to provide food or gifts along with their generous donation of materials for decorations and their time spent making them and decorating the tree.
If you choose to leave gift cards, food or toys, please know that all will make their way to families in need during the holiday season.
Guidelines:
Gift cards to Weis Markets, Giant Food stores or Walmart would be a welcomed inclusion and would be held by the Treefest chairperson to go to the matched family. families can use them to buy fresh food and gas (very much needed)
Any donations of food placed under a tree will go to the Bloomsburg Food Cupboard for distribution. Any toys left under the tree will go to the Toys for Tots local branch.