CLES hosts annual Angel Tree program
Michael Zulauf | Staff Writer
Issue date: 11/18/09 Section: Lifestyles
The UNCW Center for Leadership Education and Service (CLES) is hosting their annual Angel Tree program through the beginning of December to help provide support to the Lake Waccamaw Boys and Girls Home.
"The mission of Boys and Girls Homes of North Carolina is to provide residential and foster care/adoption programs for neglected, abused, and hurting children that emphasize academic and Christian education to address their physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs in a homelike, Christian setting," according to the Boys and Girls Home Web page.
With the help of the UNCW students, faculty and staff, the Angel Tree program will sponsor students from the Boys and Girls Home for this holiday season. It costs between $60 to $80 to sponsor one child. The donor receives a wish list from a child at the Boys and Girls Home and provides them with gifts.
There are Angel Trees set up in the Randall Library lobby, downstairs in the Fisher University Union, the first floor of the Fisher Student Center and in the Warwick Center. Those interested can take an angel off one of the trees and bring it to the CLES office located in the Fisher University Union, room 2013, or call their office directly.
"Students that do not have the funds to donate as individuals can feel free to get a group together to lessen the individual donations needed," said junior Kelly Brunner, a CLES fellow working with the Angel Tree Program.
According to the CLES mission statement, the center "cultivates a dynamic and experiential learning environment that provides students opportunities for leadership development and civic engagement."
CLES provides opportunities for students to get involved in the community as well as help others in need. The Angel Tree program also offers opportunities for businesses, offices and organizations to sponsor a child and provide them with gifts. Along with the Angel Tree program, CLES is putting on an Adopt-A-Family program this year, which helps provide meals to families during the Thanksgiving season.
"The Angel Tree program is a wonderful program that provides an opportunity for staff, faculty, and students to get involved in making these children's holiday wishes come true," Brunner said.
"The mission of Boys and Girls Homes of North Carolina is to provide residential and foster care/adoption programs for neglected, abused, and hurting children that emphasize academic and Christian education to address their physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs in a homelike, Christian setting," according to the Boys and Girls Home Web page.
With the help of the UNCW students, faculty and staff, the Angel Tree program will sponsor students from the Boys and Girls Home for this holiday season. It costs between $60 to $80 to sponsor one child. The donor receives a wish list from a child at the Boys and Girls Home and provides them with gifts.
There are Angel Trees set up in the Randall Library lobby, downstairs in the Fisher University Union, the first floor of the Fisher Student Center and in the Warwick Center. Those interested can take an angel off one of the trees and bring it to the CLES office located in the Fisher University Union, room 2013, or call their office directly.
"Students that do not have the funds to donate as individuals can feel free to get a group together to lessen the individual donations needed," said junior Kelly Brunner, a CLES fellow working with the Angel Tree Program.
According to the CLES mission statement, the center "cultivates a dynamic and experiential learning environment that provides students opportunities for leadership development and civic engagement."
CLES provides opportunities for students to get involved in the community as well as help others in need. The Angel Tree program also offers opportunities for businesses, offices and organizations to sponsor a child and provide them with gifts. Along with the Angel Tree program, CLES is putting on an Adopt-A-Family program this year, which helps provide meals to families during the Thanksgiving season.
"The Angel Tree program is a wonderful program that provides an opportunity for staff, faculty, and students to get involved in making these children's holiday wishes come true," Brunner said.
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