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Giving Tree
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“[The halls] sacrifice money they
could use for their own entertain
ment. That has really helped the
program go,” he adds. "It almost
makes up half of the presents."
Students can continue to do
nate gifts until Dec. 11. Once
wrapped, the gifts will go to Cen
tro Latino Americano, which will
give them to the children of low
income families during its annual
Christmas Fiesta.
"Most of the families are needy
families — they really need help
and toys,” says Ruth Garcia
Popous, a caseworker for the Los
Ninos program at Centro Latino
Americano. “The kids are really
excited. They love it.”
Last year, the agency provided
Christmas presents for 507 chil
dren, many of them donated.
“It’s huge — the line usually
goes all the way around the cor
ner,” she says.
Bill Holmstrom, resident direc
tor for Hamilton Complex, says he
is pleased that students have re
sponded sowell to the program.
“It's really heartening to see stu
dents going out, buying gifts, and
helping the community,” he says.
“It shows that students aren’t just
about themselves, but about help
ing the community.”
“I think a lot of kids are going to
be thankful and appreciative,”
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Amanda Cowan/,Emerald
Junior environmental studies major Lisa Low wraps a baby mobile at the Hamilton Com
plex gift-wrapping party Thursday evening as part of the Giving Tree program.
agrees freshman biochemistry ma
jor Matthew Anderson, who
stopped by the Hamilton gift
wrapping party to help wrap a few
presents.
Yeh says he was nervous at first
about how students would react to
having the trees set up in the resi
dence halls. He emphasizes that
the trees are giving trees, not
Christmas trees.
“I was worried about trees being
a religious svmbol,” he says. “But I
felt the purpose of the project out
weighed any possible offense. I
believe you can make a tree just a
tree.”
But Misslin believes the trees
should be recognized as a holiday
symbol.
"People are so afraid to call it a
Christmas tree, but it’s like calling
a Menorah a candlestick. I think
it’s OK to acknowledge; we don’t
have to be culturally void,” she
says.
Whatever students choose to
call the trees, the purpose of the
program is the same.
"1 think people understand
what it’s for, so we can help peo
ple less fortunate,” Yeh says. "This
is what the tree is for, to help little
kids have a good holiday season.”
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