Announcement for Angel Tree

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The Cotton County Angel Tree will be accepting requests to sign your child/ children up for the Angel Tree beginning Monday, October 21st thru Friday, November 15th. The program is only available to those families that are currently receiving food stamps thru Cotton County DHS. Children between the ages of (1) one thru (16) sixteen are eligible to be signed up for the Angel Tree. (Children must be one

(1) one year old at the time of sign up).

Requests should be made in person at the Cotton County Department of Human Services, 1501 S. 7th, Walters, (580) 875-4000. Children’s names submitted will be converted to a numbered Angel. In order to make it easier to select an Angel to buy for, the paper Angels will be available to pick up in the city where the child resides beginning Monday, November 18th.

Angel Trees will be on display in Walters at the Walters Bank and Trust, in Temple at the First State Bank of Temple, in Randlett at the U.S. Post Office. The deadline to select an Angel to buy for is Friday, December 6th. All gifts should be returned to the place where you selected the Angel by Friday, December 13th no later than 2:00 p.m. Please make sure the Angel number is recorded on every gift.

Distribution will be on Tuesday, December 17th in your city of residence (please have your letter). Walters residents will pick-up gifts at the DHS office between 9:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Distribution in Temple will be at the Temple Area Food Pantry (Haggar Building) at the NE corner of Commercial and Main between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. In Randlett, pickup will be from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. in the Randlett Post Office parking lot.