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The pace of the Angel Tree donations is starting to pick up. In a North Little Rock neighborhood, 40 stockings were put together for children in need. In the back office, behind boxes, volunteer Georgiana Soderberg works to keep track of this latest donation. She says, "It's loading all the information in the computer and actually making the angel card."
This is her sixth year to volunteer. "It's just fun and also very busy, just lots of people," she says. In an army that will eventually number 5,000 volunteers, she is a first lieutenant. Major Harvey Johnson with the Salvation Army can tell you why. "She comes in, she knows what do do, takes charge of the distribution center, processing the people. She is an ace!"
Because on December 19th, the old Wal-Mart will be filled with toys bought by caring citizens like Cheryl Ratliff of North Little Rock. The distribution of toys will begin and they have got to match the names selected off the various Angel Trees. That's a lot of stress.
When you pick a name off an Angel Tree near you, you can feel confident it gets to the right child. Volunteers like Georgiana will see to it and are they ever motivated. "One person can't provide a good Christmas for 6,000 children, but one person can provide a good Christmas for one child and if we have 6,000 people giving one child a piece, that's all it takes."
Want to be a hero to a child this Christmas? All you have to do is head out to a participating Wal-Mart, Park Plaza, or McCain Mall and chose an angel off an Angel Tree. Do some shopping for the child you selected, then drop the gifts back off at the Angel Tree by December 13th.
