Giving Tree: Eaton, Colorado

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The goal of training preteens and teens to be leaders is to improve society. Here’s an example of that. The Eaton (Colorado) community once again found the true meaning of Christmas as the community worked together to pull off an amazing season of giving. The 2012 Giving Tree Project, overseen by Eaton’s KidLead group successfully helped provide Christmas for 64 local families (141 individual children) and 60 apartments at Benjamin Square. For a month and a half the group of 4th-12th grade students worked to complete the project. This year the group really dove into their leadership skills by presenting the project to local business and the Chamber of Commerce asking for help to complete the project. Ninety-nine tags were placed on trees around town and the community responded by buying gifts and items on the tags. The group received everything from clothing to toys- even a couple of bikes, with helmets included.

Among the gifts this year KidLead youth busily made 67 fleece tie blankets that were given to the residents at Benjamin Square along with a gift bag that included lotion and Chap Stick. The spirit of giving has been felt throughout our community with stories of giving to the project as a grandfather teaches his grandchild the gift of giving, as a community member reflects on a time that his community gave gifts to his family and as family after family dropped tokens of their love in the boxes to be shared with neighbors who are experiencing a difficult time.

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