11th Annual Giving Tree Program

More than 30 local families and individuals in need got a welcome boost over the holidays, thanks to the 11th annual Giving Tree Program. Begun by Colebrook resident Bonnie Day in 2006, the annual drive collects gifts, household necessities and financial donations.

Along with Indian Stream Health Center, supporters of the 2017 Giving Tree Program included: Newington Fire Department, the Beecher Falls Fire Department, the Colebrook Fire Department, the Pittsburg Fire Department, the Colebrook Police Department, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Customs and Protection, 45th Parallel, Citizen’s Bank, Passumpsic Bank of Groveton, Granite Bank, Episcopal Church, Methodist Church, Monadnock Congregational Church, Errol Congregational Church, the Catholic Women’s Club, Hannafords Supermarket of Groveton, Shaws Supermarkets, Laperle’s IGA, Family Dollar Store, Colebrook House of Pizza, the Colebrook News and Sentinel, Hicks Hardware, JML Trucking, Mohawk Grange, Northern Tire, Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital, Brooks Chevrolet, Joanne Young, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Bean, Sara Cummings, Bruce Douglas, Al Ferns and Rosemary Mulliken, Kelly McNicholas, Sharon Nelsson, and Tracy Sherrer.