Wish Tree

Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) Connection

For about 15 years St. Luke’s has worked with the Public School Social Workers to collect gifts for students who might otherwise receive a gift at Christmas.  Educational IMPACT has assumed the coordination, collection and distribution of the Wish Tree Gifts.  Social Workers provided the TAG for the Trees with the name of a specific student and the gift they requested.

838 TAGS were taken and Gifts returned to the Tree in the Sanctuary or to the Joy Center in the Welcome Hall, Building C.

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Children and adults select tags from a Wish Tree

Gifts pile up around the large tree in the Sanctuary.

Gifts are also around the four lamps.

The overflow of gifts were stored in the IMPACT office.

A volunteer wraps gifts that arrived unwrapped.

Volunteers help a Social Worker check gifts with an orange TAG for her schools.

Social Workers from all five School Districts in Orange County
join St. Luke's volunteers around the tree after all gifts are sorted.