First-year student Dillon Hall and sophomore Jenny Hernandez take a look at the Angel Tree (Photo by Matt Thomas '00).
The Angel Tree – a holiday tradition at Gustavus Adolphus College that assists financially strapped families in St. Peter – is now set up in the C. Charles Jackson Campus Center.
Ornaments on the Angel Tree contain gift requests for children of families in the St. Peter area who are struggling with their finances and cannot purchase holiday gifts for their children. Gustavus students and employees are asked to remove the ornaments from the tree, purchase gifts, and return them to the Peer Assistants office by Dec. 13 so they can be distributed to the families.
The Angel Tree is located on the upper level of the C. Charles Jackson Campus Center near the entrance to the Evelyn Young Dining Room. Sponsored by the Peer Assistants and the Theatre and Dance Scene Shop, the Angel Tree program will provide gifts for approximately 230 children in the St. Peter community this holiday season. Monetary donations are also helpful for purchasing gifts for requests that are not returned. Donations can be made in the Peer Assistants office or the Theatre and Dance Scene Shop.
This is the 13th year of the Angel Tree program, which was started by former Peer Assistant Kate Reuer ’99.
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