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I've never seen a senior tree either but a good idea. In my immediate area the seniors are the financially set individuals. We have very little poor in our area but the once middle class was hit very hard here by the recession.We have our own food pantry, our Lions Club assists with utilities and gives our $500 gift cards for hard hit families at Christmas time. We have a scholarship program for our Park District for kids sport teams. Our schools make lunches for many now and the lunches are placed in student lockers to be as discrete as possible. We waive fees and absorb field trip and things like sport and band fees. Our town is all about being discrete. All of the organisations including many student organisations adopt families, we don't know who they are but we fill the wish list for parents, children and sometime even their pets. When I donate to the food pantry it is usually for the pets as it is often an overlooked expense for the struggling. At Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter our High School, spawned by staff, arranges for full feasts to be delivered cooked to families struggling. A time is given to a family (which they can alter) and a quick drop is made at that time outside the door.So much of generous funding for this comes through our Lions Club who holds events year round and is attended by the community at large and also by donations to our Community Council. Those donations are said to be in large hugely funded by our Elders in our community. When my FIL passed we were given many cash gifts to be donated to a charity of our choice in his name. This is where the funds went.
I've never seen a senior tree either but a good idea. In my immediate area the seniors are the financially set individuals. We have very little poor in our area but the once middle class was hit very hard here by the recession.
We have our own food pantry, our Lions Club assists with utilities and gives our $500 gift cards for hard hit families at Christmas time. We have a scholarship program for our Park District for kids sport teams. Our schools make lunches for many now and the lunches are placed in student lockers to be as discrete as possible. We waive fees and absorb field trip and things like sport and band fees. Our town is all about being discrete. All of the organisations including many student organisations adopt families, we don't know who they are but we fill the wish list for parents, children and sometime even their pets. When I donate to the food pantry it is usually for the pets as it is often an overlooked expense for the struggling. At Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter our High School, spawned by staff, arranges for full feasts to be delivered cooked to families struggling. A time is given to a family (which they can alter) and a quick drop is made at that time outside the door.
So much of generous funding for this comes through our Lions Club who holds events year round and is attended by the community at large and also by donations to our Community Council. Those donations are said to be in large hugely funded by our Elders in our community. When my FIL passed we were given many cash gifts to be donated to a charity of our choice in his name. This is where the funds went.
