In January of this year, we received a letter from the directors of the Tree of Sharing (TOS). This is what it said:
“The TOS welcomed the opportunity to once again partner with Unity Spiritual Center to fill gift requests from the often forgotten members of our community during this holiday season. This year our 57 participating agencies requested almost 7,500 gifts, the most ever. The membership of Unity provided 30 of these needed gifts. The support and thoughtful gifts provided by your members made a happy Christmas possible for many individuals and families.”
Well, we are doing it again this holiday season, and this year will be the TOS’ 36th year of sharing. On November 6, Joan McConnell, one of the co-directors, will be at our center dropping off 30 more gift tags for us to fill. Will it be another record-breaking year for TOS? I don’t know, but I do know that our congregation will again give generously to help TOS fulfill their mission of providing modest gifts to those often forgotten brothers and sisters in our community.
