{"id":108297,"date":"2025-11-29T08:14:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T13:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=108297"},"modified":"2025-11-29T09:01:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T14:01:03","slug":"adopt-a-child-christmas-program-underway-in-tioga-county-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/11\/29\/adopt-a-child-christmas-program-underway-in-tioga-county-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Adopt-a-Child Christmas Program Underway in Tioga County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tioga County, NY \u2013 The Tioga County Boys and Girls Club (TCBGC) is thrilled to announce that it is hosting the Adopt-a-Child Christmas gifting program for 2025. This annual program is once again helping hundreds of kids in Tioga County, N.Y.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe are working closely with our family resource programs in the county to ensure that some of our most vulnerable children have gifts to open on Christmas morning,\u201d says TCBGC CEO Jill Teeter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">She added, \u201cWe are so grateful to all of the local businesses, donors, and volunteers that have stepped up to help continue this wonderful program started by one of our volunteers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tags are available in the community at various locations, including Tioga State Bank on Fifth Avenue, Scott Smith and Son, Roasted Coffee Bar, The Goat Boy, Confection Connection, and Gallery Forty-One, all in Owego.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tags are also available at Engelbert\u2019s Farm Store and Tioga Downs, both in Nichols.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Additional acknowledgement goes to Best Buy Distribution Center, UHS, American Legion Riders, and the South Apalachin Baptist Church for helping to sponsor tags.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Each tag represents a local child that has been registered for this program and has age, gender, clothing size, and some shopping ideas or specific needs listed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Teeter adds that a school district contacted her just last week, looking to find blankets for 37 children. Additional tags will be available for blankets\/throws at some of the businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">More details are available at each location. Additionally, you can contact the program coordinator, Michelle, with any questions via email at adoptachild@tiogabgca.org.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This Christmas program is run completely by volunteers: Joshua House, Key Club students from Owego Free Academy, as well as individual helpers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Generous financial sponsorship has been provided by Scott Smith &amp; Son and EE Root.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Tioga County Boys and Girls Club will also be holding its annual free holiday event for the community on Friday, Dec. 12 starting at 6 p.m. at 201 Erie St., in Owego, New York.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">To find out how you can help or volunteer with TCBGC, or learn about the programs and resources it offers to the community, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tiogabgca.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.tiogabgca.org<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tioga County, NY \u2013 The Tioga County Boys and Girls Club (TCBGC) is thrilled to announce that it is hosting the Adopt-a-Child Christmas gifting program&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":108298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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