Good Samaritan employees had a busy December buying gifts for the hospital’s annual Giving Tree.
For the Giving Tree, each of the grade schools provided the hospital with information on 20 to 25 children who were in need on Christmas.
The parents of the children fill out anonymous information forms that include only the child’s sizes, interests, favorite colors and wishes.
The information along with the child’s age is added to a tag, which is hung on a hospital tree.
Good Samaritan employees then choose the children they would like to buy gifts for this Christmas.
Through the Giving Tree program, which started over 30 years ago, hundreds of gifts were collected for the kids including toys, clothing, games, crafts, and other necessities.
Because of their generosity, 145 children had a little something extra for them under the tree Christmas morning.