Join EOP students and staff in supporting local children with a holiday gift

The Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) and our campus chapter of the Chi Alpha Epsilon (XAE) honor society are bringing back their successful holiday gift program to support Ulster County children in 2021.

EOP and the students of XAE are inviting all members of the SUNY New Paltz community to contribute a gift of new clothing or new toys for children from 2 months to 4 years old.

Campus offices, departments and individual community members should contact Ivelisse Tuttle, senior EOP advisor and XAE chapter advisor, at tuttlei@newpaltz.edu, about their interest in “adopting” one or more children through this program, to coordinate and ensure that gifts are appropriate for their recipients.

Gifts can be dropped off at the EOP office in the Haggerty Administration Building, Room 019, by Friday, Dec. 3 (and sooner is better!).

Please do not wrap them – the program organizers will handle this to ensure equitable distribution of gifts.

This program is a long-running tradition in organized by the New Paltz EOP community. Last year, participants “adopted” 27 children; the goal for this year is to increase that to 30.