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Angel Tree Is Planned By DHS

Nevada County Department of Human Services (DHS) is sponsoring a Christmas angel tree for Nevada County's needy children.

Applications will be taken from November 1 through 12 for children in need, aged 12 and under. These applications may be completed at the Nevada County DHS office, located at 355 West First Street, in Prescott.

This program is open to low income Nevada County residents who are not receiving assistance through other Christmas programs.

Those in need should have clothes and shoe sizes available along with other gift requests.

There is no guarantee that all angels will be taken, but DHS will try to assist as many as possible. Names will be kept confidential. A numbering system will be used to identify what angel belongs to a name.

Families will need to have a telephone number where they can be reached when the gifts arrive to the DHS office.

For more information, call the DHS office at 887-6626.

Angels will be placed at several locations in Prescott on November 15.

Those who wish to participate in helping provide Christmas for a child, who may not receive anything without your help, may pick up an angel at that time or come by the office to pick one up.

Those taking an angel are being asked to bring gifts with the angel attached, to the Nevada County DHS office by December 14 so that distribution can be made. Monetary donations will be used to buy gifts for angels who were not chosen.