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Angel Tree supports local children this holiday

The 7th Annual Angel Tree is bringing joy to children ages 0-18 in our community. Founder Natalie Ulven explains how you can help meet real needs and wishes this holiday season. 77 indicted as feds ...
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More than 100 New Kensington-Arnold children to benefit from Angel Tree

Karen Thomas didn’t flinch when the Angel Tree she coordinates for students in need at the New Kensington-Arnold School District was the biggest it has been in more than 20 years. She knew her ...
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New Mexico children, who died by abuse and neglect, honored with Angel Tree

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The holidays are filled with events and light displays, including the lighting of a tree in Albuquerque Civic Plaza that has a deeper meaning behind it. People gathered Saturday to ...
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Billings Festival of Trees celebrates 40 years of preventing child abuse

The Family Tree Nurturing Center in Billings is celebrating its 40th annual Festival of Trees event, which aims to raise money to prevent child abuse and neglect. Alarm grows in Europe over what is ...
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Mom Tells People Who Buy Angel Tree Gifts To ‘Do Better’ — ‘If You Don’t Have The Funds, Don’t Pick My Child’

The holidays are a time for giving and a time to extend our generosity to those who are less fortunate than we are. Every year, Angel Tree programs ask for donations to provide new toys, clothing, and ...
Times of Malta

'They give us oxygen': Children help plant hundreds of trees in Pembroke

More than 250 trees have been planted by schoolchildren in Pembroke to help them learn the importance of taking care of the environment. The event, organised by environmental group Coast is Clear in ...
BBC

Children help to create Japanese-style microforest

More than 850 trees have been planted by volunteers including primary school children to create a Japanese-style microforest. The pupils, aged four to 11, helped to plant a mixture of native woodland ...
Daily Breeze

If you live in L.A., you can get seven free trees from nonprofit City Plants

If you live in the City of Los Angeles, you can get seven trees for free from City Plants, a nonprofit fighting the urban heat island. City Plants’ goals are to improve energy efficiency and increase ...
The New York Times

Why Some Countries May Copy Australia’s Ban on Children’s Use of Social Media

Governments are studying the decision to prohibit youths from using platforms like Facebook and TikTok as worries grow about the potential harm they cause. By Lynsey Chutel Reporting from London ...
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Millions of Australian children just lost access to social media. What’s happening and will it work?

Children across Australia woke up on Wednesday with no access to their social media accounts under a world-first ban designed to shelter those under 16 from addictive algorithms, online predators, and ...
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Get in the Holiday Spirit by Visiting These Bay Area Christmas Tree Lanes

Mike Martin and his family were looking for their next home in the East Bay when a listing came open on Thompson Avenue, Alameda’s “Christmas Tree Lane.” Martin had long been taking his kids to the ...