FORT SMITH, Ark. — Many holiday gift donation deadlines have been passed and a lot more are approaching, but the Community Christmas Tree at Bakery District in Fort Smith is still taking donations.
“This year for the community Christmas tree we started the weekend after Thanksgiving, and it will stay up like it is now until Christmas day. And the idea is the presents continue to grow and on Christmas day there are no presents left,” said Rahm Cunningham- director of (fun) operations at the bakery district.
The Bakery District in Fort Smith has opened its doors for gift donations up until Christmas Eve. The Community Tree has been set up for people who want to drop off unwrapped gifts, which will be handed out on Christmas Eve.
“That was sort of the idea is if you know you waited until the last minute or maybe you just weren't able to financially get a toy for your child… Well come down here on Christmas day and pick one out,” Cunningham said.
The Bakery District says if you or someone you know needs a gift this Christmas, you are welcome to stop by on Christmas Eve and pick one up. You can also bring an ornament and help decorate the tree!
Check out the cool stuff the community has dropped off so far!
Community Tree at Bakery District
As for next year's holiday season, the mission still remains the same.
“I want this to kind of grow to multiple community Christmas trees. In other words, this is the downtown fort smith bakery district community Christmas tree, but I would love pockets in the community to have their own community Christmas tree and kind of do the same thing. It's really made for the people who live close and it seems that if we all did that as a community then there would be multiple community trees and everyone gets a present. At the end of the day, that's what we want is for people to get a present,” Cunningham explained.
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