Holiday Needs

• Silver Key Giving Trees will be located in Draper's & Damon's, Girl of the Golden West, Ultra Diamonds, Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Brighton and the management office at The Promenade Shops at Briargate, 1885 Briargate Parkway. Each tree will have ornaments with a wish from a senior in need. Return your gift to the store with the ornament attached by Wednesday. For information, call 265-6264 or go to www.thepromenadeshopsatbriargate.com.

• Be a Santa to a Senior program will provide presents to seniors who otherwise might not receive a gift this holiday season. Donations can be made through Dec. 15 Locations include the Wal-Marts at 5550 E. Woodmen Road; 1575 Space Center Drive; 6310 S. U.S. Highway 85/87, Fountain; 16218 Jackson Creek Parkway, Monument; 11550 Meridian Market View, Falcon; and 19600 E. U.S. Highway 24. Also: Deluxe Business Checks and Solutions, 8245 N. Union Blvd.; U.S. Banks at 6 S. Tejon St., Suite 300 and 2308 E. Pikes Peak Ave.; Wells Fargo Bank, 90 S. Cascade Ave., Suite 300; and Infiniti Hair Salon, 4101 Centennial Blvd. Volunteers are needed 9 a.m. Dec. 13 at First United Methodist Church, 420 N. Nevada Ave., and 10 a.m. Dec. 15 at Park State Bank and Trust, 710 W. U.S. Highway 24, Woodland Park, for a gift-wrapping party. For information, call Kathryn Curry, 534-0908 or go to www.beasantatoasenior.com.

• The Resource Exchange is collecting holiday gifts for people with development disabilities and their families throughout El Paso, Park and Teller counties. Warm clothes, grooming items, household items and more are needed. Donations can be made between 6:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday-Dec. 15 at the following Hope Montessori Academies: 18075 Minglewood Trial, Monument; 6353 Stetson Hills Blvd.; 2041 Chuckwagon Road; and 7312 McLaughlin Road, Fountain. For items needed and more information, call Debbie Swanson, 785-6428.

• Silver Key Senior Services is in need of frozen turkeys and hams to be used to complete about 1,000 food boxes for seniors and elderly people in Colorado Springs. Frozen turkeys should be 10 to 16 pounds, and frozen or canned hams should be 3 to 6 pounds. Donations can be dropped off between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays through Dec. 20 at Silver Key Senior Services, 2250 Bott Ave. For information, call Lorri Orwig, 884-2300 or e-mail info@silverkey.org.

• The Monument Police Department and Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Department are collecting new, unwrapped toys for the third annual Tri-Lakes-area Santa on Patrol. Toys will be delivered Dec. 22. Donations can be dropped off at the Monument Police Department, 154 N. Washington St., Monument, or Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Department, 18650 Colorado Highway 105, Monument. For information, call Chief Jacob Shirk, 884-8032.

• The Salvation Angel Trees will be set up through Dec. 23 at The Citadel mall, 750 Citadel Drive E., and Chapel Hills Mall, 1710 Briargate Blvd. The trees will be decorated with paper angels, each representing a child in need of a helping hand this Christmas. Volunteers are needed to staff the Angel Trees through Dec. 23. To volunteer, call Allison Struck, 884-1063. For information, call Maj. Ronda Gilger, 636-5167, or e-mail ronda.gilger@usw.salvationarmy.org

• The Salvation Army will have Christmas kettles and bell-ringers throughout the city through Dec. 24. Money raised helps not only during the holidays, but programs and services throughout the year. For information, call Mike Smith at 884-1042, or go to www.tsacs.org.

• Volunteers are needed for the Salvation Army community dinners Dec. 25 at these locations: The Salvation Army, 908 Yuma St.; Fountain Valley Senior Center, 5745 Southmoor Drive, Fountain; Salvation Army Mobile Canteen, Alma or Jolene, 636-5266; New Song Fellowship, 5515 Palmer Park Blvd., Dee, 637-3301; Manitou Springs Town Hall, 606 Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs, Bud or Donna, 685-9655. For information and to volunteer, call numbers listed.

• During Whole Foods' "Grab and Give" program, shoppers can purchase a pre-packaged meal designed to feed of family of four at two locations, 3180 New Center Point, 622-1099, and 7635 E. Pikes Peak Ave., 531-9999. Breakfast meals are $5, lunch and dinner meals are $10. Meals will be donated to Care and Share. For more information, call the stores or go to www.wholefoods.com.

• Springs Rescue Mission is asking church groups, businesses and activity groups to participate in the "Operation Drumstick" food drive to help feed the hungry and homeless in Colorado Springs. For more information, call Walter, 632-1822.

• Care and Share Food Bank for Southern Colorado is accepting food donations and will sponsor various food drives through December. For information, go to www.careandshare.org.

• Donations of new or used winter clothing items to benefit Colorado College's Shove Chapel Sunday soup kitchen can be donated from noon to 6 p.m. daily at The Leechpit, 708 N. Weber St., or The Loft, above Barracuda Bazaar in Old Colorado City. For information, call Adam Leech, 634-3675, or e-mail adam@leechpit.com.