Reply #6: We had a star tree at a local school. Only necessities were asked

[Libertyfirst]

for by the kids or their families. There were a dozen families and they needed pants, shoes, mittens, gift cards for grocery stores. I cried when I read the stars and because I am very,very fortunate I bought a grocery gift card for each family and a big box of candy canes for each family. The guidelines said nothing but necessities, but damn, you will understand, I.had.to.buy.the.candy.canes. The school agreed to distribute them. I learned today that at least two other people bought grocery store gift cards for every family and that every star request had been filled. Also that someone had bought big cans of cookies for each family.