Tag: The Christmas Tree Project
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Toy drives push for more donations, volunteers, as organizations prepare for gift giveaways
Started in 1923, Christmas Unlimited is one of the region’s oldest charities, serving El Paso and Teller County families in need with various programs. The organization’s Holiday Toy Distribution Program provides free gifts for children whose parents apply through human services agencies, schools and by calling Pikes Peak United Way’s 211 assistance line. Applications are…
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Annual staple Christmas giveaway events spread the holiday cheer across Colorado Springs
The first thing Selena Fernandez’s five children did when they received their new bicycles Saturday was proudly exhibit them for their mother. Carefully, though excitedly, her children, ranging in age from 3 to 12 years old, maneuvered the handlebars of the colorful bicycles and showed them off with beaming smiles, encouraged by Fernandez’s enthusiasm to…