News Release
Ontario Provincial Police - Lanark Detachment
November 8, 2024

It's year 39 for the Angel Tree program in Lanark County and the surrounding area. This year Family and Children's Service of Lanark, Leeds and Grenville / Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Angel Tree program is starting off with a record 970 angels! The "angels", assigned to trees, are children directly affiliated with Family and Children's Services and affiliated programs. The goal is to provide a Christmas gift for each child. There will also be a selection of Tags as an option of purchasing a gift card for a teen or groceries for a family.

The Lanark County municipal offices of Tay Valley, Lanark Highlands, Drummond-North Elmsley, Montague, Beckwith, Town of Mississippi Mills and the Pakenham Library have been with the program since the beginning and are participating once again. We thank those employees who continue to monitor the trees and assist with the dispersal of the angels into the communities.

Our community partners this year in Perth are Albany, Eaton, Lanark County Administration, Wilson Street Auto Fleet & Tire, Spring Children, Perth Hospital, Perth Athletic Center, Lanark Dance Company, Perth Town Hall and Uniglass Plus. In Carleton Place the community partners are Kirk Orthodontics, Walmart, Connect Well, Ricks Glass Medic and Tinting, The Studio School of Dance and Heritage Dental. These community partners broaden the dispersal of angels within their workspaces and are a great assistance to our program. There will aso be a Gift Card tree in Almonte at the CareBridge Community support building.

In Smiths Falls, OPP East Region Headquarters continue to conduct an internal distribution of angels to OPP employees. Rideau Home Hardware and 2 Guys for Lunch will be our community partner.

We are certain that this year's goal will be met. Effective Tuesday, October 31st, 2023 Angel Trees bearing "Angel Cards" will be distributed for pickup to the following locations for anyone wishing to select an angel. We appreciate the support more than ever this year.

A special thanksneeds to be given to the U 12 Rep B Perth Lanark Wings team and parents. They tied all 970 tags for the Angel Tree. They did a fantastic job and were a very big help.

We are certain that this year's goal will be met. Effective Tuesday November 12th, 2024 Angel Trees bearing "Angel Cards" will be distributed for pickup to the following locations for anyone wishing to select an angel. We appreciate the support more than ever this year.

Return gifts (preferably unwrapped or in a gift bag) to the tree before end of day Thursday December 5th, 2024. Ensure the Angel Card is affixed to the gift AND the gift contents are printed on the back of the card.
Donations of money and items of new clothing/toys are gratefully accepted. Lanark County OPP will be collecting from all of the locations and delivering them to Family and Children's Services for distribution.

We thank everyone for participating! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Contacts:
P/C Greg Cox
Lanark County OPP
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Barb Paul 
613-267-2626
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TO SELECT A ANGEL TREE TAG FROM DRUMMOND/NORTH ELMSLEY TWP see Drummond North Elmsley - Angel Tree