Making dreams come true is easier than you think.
Interested individuals can visit the dream tree near J.C. Penney’s at Walnut Square Mall, pick an ornament off the tree with a child’s or senior citizen’s wish, purchase the wish and then return it to the customer service desk at the mall.
The child’s and senior’s name, size and Christmas dream are on the ornament to make shopping easy. Participants are asked to leave the tag on the gift so it will go to the proper child or senior citizen.
Last year, 400 children and 18 senior citizens had their Christmas dreams come true through the program. There may be even more this year — and they will be new names.
“Every gift that is purchased is given to that child. No substitutions are made. So if you buy a gift for a child, parent or senior citizen, you can be assured it will go to that (person),” said Jane Harrell, co-chairman of Christmas Dreams. “It is important to Wanda Legg and me that each child receives their gift.”
Children and adult names are furnished by the Whitfield County Department of Family and Children Services. These are people who may not have a Christmas celebration without your help.
“We are looking at an increase in the number of children this year,” said Rebecca Haley, DFCS manager. “Our case workers report a record number of families needing assistance. We really hope folks will help these children have a merry Christmas. So many of the things they ask for are just necessities or things they see other children have. Christmas Dreams is a wonderful way to show the true meaning of Christmas.”
Senior citizens have a special need for paper products because they cannot be purchased with food stamps. Requests for paper towels and toilet tissue are on many Christmas wishes.
Children, of course, ask for toys, but some want things so basic as underwear or just a pillow. A 12-year-old girl asked for a bedroom door last year, and a grandmother raising her grandchildren had just been diagnosed with breast cancer.
Donations may be made by sending a check made out to “Department of Family and Children Services, Christmas Dreams” to P.O. Box 1203, Dalton, GA 30722. The “Dream Team” will do your shopping for you.
Local News
Related Photos
Discussion
Welcome to our online comments feature. To join the discussion, you must first register with Disqus and verify your email address. Once you do, your comments will post automatically. We welcome your thoughts and your opinions, including unpopular ones. We ask only that you keep the conversation civil and clean. We reserve the right to remove comments that are obscene, racist or abusive and statements that are false or unverifiable. Repeat offenders will be blocked. You may flag objectionable comments for review by a moderator.
November 7, 2007
Making Christmas dreams come true
- Local News
-
-
Dalton State names 693 students to spring dean’s list
Dalton State College has named 693 students to the dean’s list for the spring 2012 semester, including 345 students from Whitfield and Murray counties. To be named to the dean’s list, a student must maintain a full-time course load of 12 or more semester hours and achieve an overall grade point average of 3.5 out of a possible 4.0.
Continued ... - Health, hormone and nutrition informational talks and seminars offered at Peak Fitness
- Kiwanis Club to try new fundraiser
- Crown Gardens to raise money using Pampered Chef
- Update: No sign of alleged double murderer
- Teacher of the year sings through the day
- 911 call — ‘Somebody had killed him’
- Olympic hopeful’s horses killed in wreck
- ‘We are D’ sign mystery solved
- Investigation clears Dalton Middle erasures questions
- Chambliss, Graves say Congress must act to avoid big tax increase
- May 29, 2012
- Remembering once a year not enough
- Couple looks to raspberries to salvage season
- Camp AIM to hold 20th reunion
- May 28, 2012
- Stem cell treatment regrows Whitfield man’s foot
-
Dalton State names 693 students to spring dean’s list
Spelling Bee's Youngest Ever Doesn't Advance
Police: Seattle Cafe Gunman May Have Shot Self
No Limits for Disabled Hunters at Mich. Base
Victim Identified in Fla. Face-chewing Attack
Radioactive Bluefin Tuna Crossed the Pacific
90 Guns Seized, Dozens Arrested in Oakland
Raw Video: Hail Storm Batters Oklahoma City
6-Year-Old Going to National Spelling Bee
California's Foie Gras Ban About to Begin
Video Essay: Funky Winkerbean Comic Turns 40
Hurricane Andrew Remembered, 20 Years Later
Judge's Ruling Halts Tenn. Mosque Construction
Romney in Las Vegas on Texas Primary Day
Sister Says She Reported Brother in Patz Killing
Even Fla. Police Shocked by Face-Mauling Attack
Angry Birds Spreading Their Wings
