A Port Coquitlam non-profit that helps women and children in need will benefit from the 2015 edition of the Angel Tree program.
The program is a joint initiative of the five VanCity Savings Credit Union branches in the Tri-Cities, Port Coquitlam Lions Club and Tri-City Transitions Society; an Angel Tree will be located at each of the Tri-Cities’ five VanCity branches.
The program provides special Christmas gifts for more than 200 Tri-City children. Children’s names are collected from program referrals at Tri-City Transitions Society — from Joy’s Place Transition House, Joy’s Place 2nd Stage, and Children Who Witness Abuse, Stopping the Violence, Community Action programs for Children, community-based victim assistance, school-based programs and community development and outreach programs — and names are placed on paper angels that are then placed on a Christmas tree at each of the five VanCity Savings Credit Union branches in the Tri-Cities.
You can join in the giving by choosing a child’s name from a tree and returning it with a new unwrapped gift to the staff at a VanCity branch, or make a donation to the program at Tri-City Transitions Society.
Angel Trees are at the following VanCity branches: Shaughnessy Station, North Road, Pinetree Way, North Side PoCo, Maillardville and Port Moody.
