Each year, Marklund’s Volunteer Department organizes the annual Giving Tree Gift Drive for our 178 residents.
Each of our residents who wish to participate has a personal wish list, and these items are featured on individualized tags that hang on Marklund’s holiday trees, and other trees sponsored by donors throughout the community.
Anyone wanting to join in making the holidays extra special for our residents just needs to grab a tag from the trees at our locations, or the public locations listed below, purchase a gift or gifts from that list on the tag.
Gifts must be wrapped, tagged and returned to the appropriate Marklund residential location by Dec. 17.
All gifts are then sorted and ready for our exciting Gift Opening Day, Saturday, Dec. 20!
This year, we’re welcoming volunteers from the community to sign up for Gift Opening. ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST BE REGISTERED IN ADVANCE IN ORDER TO ASSIST WITH THE GIFT OPENING.
Then, like in a scene from a holiday movie, hundreds of people show up at our sites to assist our residents with opening the gifts, while making new friends. The guests love it as much as the residents do, and many come back year after year.
