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STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 The upcoming holiday will be brighter for dozens of Cross Timbers area children thanks to Tarleton State University\u2019s Little Texan Angel Tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year\u2019s Angel Tree, led by the Tarleton Alpha Gamma Rho Beta Sigma chapter, the Center for Leadership, Service and Outreach<\/a>, and HOPE, Inc., will provide more than 800 gifts to 109 children ages 2 months to 18 years. The project partners with housing authorities in Dublin, Gorman, De Leon and Stephenville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGiving is one of the many kind acts from so many people during the holiday season. We encouraged the Tarleton campus community to give cheerfully and also realize that our students, faculty and staff are making a momentous impact on these children\u2019s lives,\u201d said Darrell Brown, Executive Director for Student Affairs Outreach, Fraternity and Sorority Life. \u201cThese are children who often won\u2019t have a Christmas at home \u2014 at least not the way we typically know it \u2014 and this student-led initiative is an opportunity to make it memorable for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 1995, students, campus organizations and Tarleton faculty and staff \u201cadopt\u201d children from the Christmas tree in the Barry B. Thompson Student Center. Each angel lists the child\u2019s name, gender, age, grade and clothing sizes, plus a short wish list. Gift collection began in early November, and all of the children were quickly adopted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI am truly thankful that our fraternity, the larger Greek community and the Tarleton family are able to give back to so many underprivileged children in our area,\u201d said AGR philanthropy chair Russell Weaver. \u201cIt warms my heart to see our community all come together and provide support to these children and make Christmas a special time for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Members of Alpha Gamma Rho gathered at the Thompson Student Center on Dec. 9, to load a truck for distribution, ensuring that the gifts will be ready to open on Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Angel Tree Project is the fraternity\u2019s fall philanthropy. In the spring the chapter again plans to hold its crawfish boil benefiting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contact: Darrell Brown, Executive Director for Student Affairs Outreach The upcoming holiday will be brighter for dozens of Cross Timbers area children thanks to Tarleton State University\u2019s Little Texan Angel Tree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":40705,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[382,424,425],"tags":[442,446],"class_list":["post-40703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-arts-events","category-campus-community","tag-community-events","tag-division-of-student-engagement-success"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"keegan","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/keegan-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/12\/6830-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["_Homepage<\/a>","Arts & Events<\/a>","Campus & Community<\/a>"],"unlinked":["_Homepage<\/span>","Arts & Events<\/span>","Campus & Community<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["Community Events<\/a>","Division of Student Engagement & Success<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Community Events<\/span>","Division of Student Engagement & Success<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 4 years ago","modified":"Updated 4 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on December 10, 2021","modified":"Updated on December 13, 2021"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on December 10, 2021 9:44 am","modified":"Updated on December 13, 2021 9:45 am"},"featured_img_caption":"Group holding a \"Little Texan Angel Tree\" banner next to a decorated Christmas tree.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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