Share the Spirit makes holidays brighter
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Share the Spirit Holiday Assistance Program started in 1998 as Lake County’s only program to help children in struggling families with toys, clothes and gifts at Christmas. Since we started, we have partnered with the Marine Corps Reserves Toys for Tots program, which helps us manage the daunting task of providing for these children. In 2013 we served more than 1,400 Lake County children ages 12 and under, in 434 families, and we can use your help again this year.
Our trees covered with tags filled with children’s Christmas requests went up all over the county around Thanksgiving so if you see one, please take a tag for someone less fortunate and help make their holiday brighter by buying one or more of the requests listed on the tag.
If you find your family struggling to make ends meet this Christmas, stop at the Lake County Office of Public Assistance, Public Health Department, Doves, Helping Hands, or Working Innovations, to get an application. Our Share the Spirit applications require photo identification and proof of residence. All applications must be completed and mailed to Share the Spirit by Dec. 5.
Share the Spirit Tree locations in Polson are located at Glacier Bank, Eagle Bank, Lake County Leader office, Lake County Courthouse, St. Joseph Medical Center, Murdoch’s, First Interstate Bank, Super 1 Foods, and Walmart. In Ronan our trees are located at The Gift Gallery, Hanson and Granley True Value Hardware, Harvest Foods, S & K Electronics, St. Luke Hospital and the Valley Journal office. St. Ignatius has Share the Spirit trees in Rod’s Harvest Foods and Lake County Bank.
Share the Spirit is a 501(c) 3 non-profit group registered with the Internal Revenue Service. Donations can be mailed to Share the Spirit at P.O. Box 1341, Polson, MT 59860. Questions? Please call 883-1046 for more information. Thank you and God Bless.
