{"id":20097,"date":"2017-12-18T13:11:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T18:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=20097"},"modified":"2017-12-18T13:11:49","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T18:11:49","slug":"student-alumni-councils-angel-tree-delivers-cheer-holiday-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2017\/12\/student-alumni-councils-angel-tree-delivers-cheer-holiday-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Alumni Council\u2019s Angel Tree delivers cheer this holiday season"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ten years ago, the Student Alumni Council (SAC) started a holiday tradition that still holds strong today.<\/p>\n

Through SAC\u2019s Angel Tree campaign students, staff, faculty and alumni add a little extra cheer to the Chattanooga community by donating gifts to local kids.<\/p>\n

This year, 126 children will unwrap presents donated through Angel Tree. With an average of four presents per child, over 500 gifts were donated this November.<\/p>\n

Each year,<\/strong> many UTC student organizations and departments combine efforts to sponsor multiple children through SAC\u2019s Angel Tree, but students are the largest group of individual participants with the campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur Angel Tree program is one of the highest-producing gift drives for the community-wide program,\u201d explains Andrea Perry Lyons, associate director of alumni affairs. \u201cWe sincerely appreciate everyone who supports the Angel Tree. Buying a gift is a simple gesture but it means so much to these children and their families. This year, we met several former Angel Tree recipients who make it their mission to give back.\u201d<\/p>\n

To learn more about this year\u2019s campaign, check out the video below.
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