{"id":70100,"date":"2016-09-27T19:23:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T01:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-giving-tree-campaign-kicks-off-with-potluck-lunch\/"},"modified":"2016-09-28T01:23:13","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T01:23:13","slug":"mancos-giving-tree-campaign-kicks-off-with-potluck-lunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-giving-tree-campaign-kicks-off-with-potluck-lunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Mancos Giving Tree campaign kicks off with potluck lunch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Mancos Public Library has hosted a Giving Tree in past years.<\/span>The Journal file photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To get things started this year, Giving Tree organizers will hold a potluck lunch on Saturday, Oct. 1 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Methodist Church fellowship hall on Oak Street and will help build the outline of all the ways you can help. Bring a favorite potluck dish \u2013 Mancos residents are known as good cooks. Many folks have volunteered in the past years, and all are invited back this year. Please make a serious effort to RSVP so the potluck can be properly planned.<\/p>\n

Headquarters this year is being donated by Terry King at the corner of Oak Street and Grand Avenue \u2013 the bright yellow building \u2013 and is scheduled to open during Thanksgiving week. The Giving Tree elves are looking for tables, generally the 6-foot variety. Do you have any that the elves can borrow? Six-footers are best, but the elves can make most any size work.<\/p>\n

he application forms have been prepared and delivered to the schools. Giving Tree family information forms usually get in the hands of most families, thanks to the distribution process of local churches, the housing authority and the websites of the Mancos Valley Resources and Mancos Valley Chamber. You\u2019ll see a difference this year \u2013 the Giving Tree is for \u201cchildren\u201d to age 22 and seniors 70 and over.<\/p>\n

In order to fulfill the role as Santa Helpers for the 19th year, the Giving Tree campaign will need a lot of folks each doing a small portion \u2013 whatever appeals to you and fits your available time between now and Christmas Eve. Do you enjoy shopping for a child or teen? Like to wrap presents? How about making deliveries in December?<\/p>\n

Giving Trees and ornaments usually are put up the week after Thanksgiving, signaling the start of the shopping season.<\/p>\n

The Giving Tree elves ask that everyone consider shopping locally, if possible. Think retail and service and more \u2013 favorite massage therapists, beauticians and veterinarians.<\/p>\n

Mancos Valley Resources, a local 501c3 nonprofit, is acting as a pass-through agency for the Mancos Giving Tree. Donors who want a charitable deduction for tax purposes can pass those gifts through MVR. Please mail checks to Box 204, Mancos 81328 or call 533-7434. (Patricia Burk and Betsy Harrison are the contacts for Mancos Valley Resources.)<\/p>\n

Participating in the Giving Tree is like giving yourself a gift in the Christmas season. Giving Tree elves are joyous folks spreading Christmas cheer.<\/p>\n

For more information, contact Donna at 303-956-5656 or dlslwatkins@msn.com<\/a> or Sue at 970-533-1504 or sue@sundancebear.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Let Donna and Sue hear from you. Join in!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mancos Public Library has hosted a Giving Tree in past years.The Journal file photo To get things started this year, Giving Tree organizers will hold a potluck lunch on Saturday, Oct. 1 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Methodist Church fellowship hall on Oak Street and will help build the outline of all the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[408,1753,83],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-70100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-charity","tag-holiday-or-vacation","tag-mancos"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70100"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=70100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}