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Dear Student Group Leaders,<br><br>
I'm sure most of you have heard of The Giving Tree, the annual
community<br>
service project sponsored by Panhel and the Public Service Center.
This<br>
year, we would like to run this project a little differently.
Instead<br>
of having individuals pick up labels for gifts directly from the
PSC,<br>
we are going to be asking student groups to be responsible for
distributing<br>
the labels from one of the fifteen agencies that we support.<br><br>
Each agency will be requesting 50 gifts, so we can put several
student<br>
groups together depending on the size and interest level.<br><br>
For you, all this would require would be to distribute the labels
among<br>
your members and arrange a place to collect the gifts.
Alternatively,<br>
you could collect money from your group and send out a few people to
buy<br>
all of the gifts. The agencies will arrange to pick them up from
you.<br><br>
This is an excellent way to get your members involved in Community<br>
Service and makes a great end of the term activity! Many
students<br>
already participate in the Giving Tree, but we feel that this way
you<br>
will have a closer contact with the agency you are providing gifts
for.<br><br>
If you are interested, please e-mail me back with <b>your group name</b>,
a<br>
<b>contact person</b> and the<b> number of gifts</b> you think you can
provide by <b>November 12</b>. Thank<br>
you!<br><br>
Shannon Nees<br>
Panhel VP Programming </body>
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