Midshipmen Will Buy Gifts For Annapolis-Area Children This Holiday Season

ANNAPOLIS, MD — The U.S. Naval Academy will launch its annual Giving Tree campaign this week. The effort collects gifts for Annapolis-area children in need each holiday season.

Midshipmen from the Naval Academy’s 6th Company will decorate a Christmas tree and a Menorah in the Bancroft Hall rotunda using paper angel ornaments from The Salvation Army. Each decoration has the first name, age, gender, clothing sizes and wish list of a local child.

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Midshipmen, faculty and staff can take one more tags and buy presents for their selected children. The Academy hopes to provide gifts for more than 500 kids by the Dec. 7 deadline.

The private opening ceremony is slated for Tuesday at 12:50 p.m. The 15 minute-event will feature remarks by midshipmen and leaders as well as music from the Naval Academy Band.

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