Though worried at first this year, Diane Shank and the Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District firefighters report that the department’s Sharing Tree was a success.
“It really went well,” Shank said. The total number of children served was down, but the number of families was up.
The Sharing Tree provided Christmas gifts for 442 children, down from 480 last year, and 183 families, up from 177 last year. Five years ago, the Sharing Tree…