How will your office or department give back this holiday season? Consider donating to the PALS Holiday Gift and Coat Drive to benefit students of Patapsco and Arundel Elementary/Middle Schools and residents of the Cherry Hill community in South Baltimore.
Ways to Give:
1. Stuff a Holiday Stocking ? We need to stuff holiday stockings for 50 children in the PALS program. Your office or department can ?adopt? one or more children. Just let us know how many children you would like to ?adopt? and we will give you their age ranges and genders. Then get and stuff a holiday stocking for your children!
2. Put together a themed gift box or basket for a child or family. Possible themes include movies, sports, birthday parties, spa days, ethnic meals, and more. Be creative!
3. Donate a new, unwrapped toy/gift appropriate for a child between the ages of 3 and 14 or a new or gently used winter coat for a child or adult. On Tuesday, November 29, bring your donation to the 2nd floor of the University Union outside of the Susquehanna Dining Hall, where we?ll be accepting new, unwrapped gifts and new or gently used winter coats from 10:30-4:30.
4. If you can?t make it to the Union on November 29, we will be accepting donations made to our collection boxes until December 6th. Collection boxes can be found at these locations: Enrollment Services 205, Burdick Hall 101, Burdick Hall 134, Burdick Hall 141, Towson Center 200, Van Bokkelen Hall 105, The Career Center at 7800 York Road Suite 206, Administration Building 236, and Administration Building 311.
Call the Office of Collaborative Programs at 410-704-4049 or e-mail {dtekes1@students.towson.edu} for more information or to contribute stockings, baskets, coats, or unwrapped toys.
About PALS
The Partners in Academic and Life Success (PALS) program is a College of Health Professions after-school program in Cherry Hill that provides tutoring, mentoring, and guidance to adolescents with the ultimate goal of strengthening physical and emotional health, fostering strategies for planning their future, and building self-esteem. For more information about PALS, please visit {http://www2.towson.edu/research/833.asp}.
