Welcome

Adding passion and spirit to the holiday season

Get to know us and what we want to do for the community and beyond.

Mission Statement

The Treesgiving Foundation was created with the purpose of sprucing up the holidays for children and families in the local and surrounding communities. We would like the opportunity to assist those who are in unexpected situations and need some holiday cheer. Whether in the hospital, shelter, or struggling to keep it going during the holiday, Treesgiving is here to let you know, WE CARE. Let us spruce up a tree for you, your child(ren), family, neighbor, or entire community. No children, families, individual, or senior should go without a Christmas tree for the holidays.

Treesgiving is recognized as a 501(c)(3) as of January 2019

EIN/Tax Identification number: 84-2075711

Our Story

Treesgiving was created for a 7 year-old (2018) who wanted to provide all children with a mini tree for the holiday like he had.

"My son had a little mini blue Christmas tree on his dresser in his room. It only had lights on it and he wanted ornaments. My husband took him to the store and they picked some out. After we finished decorating, we discussed being thankful. We spoke how he was fortunate to have his own mini tree because many children do not. This made my son sad. He asked if there was was a way to provide other/all kids with trees. In the moment I told him it was a very nice genuine thought but no. The next day, I thought, I can make that happen for him, and Treesgiving was formed."

- Andrea, Founder of Treesgiving

Who We Are

Andrea

As Founder and President of Treesgiving, Andrea's mission was to bring her son Jacob's vision of providing all children with a Christmas tree to life.

Since 2019, the Treesgiving Foundation has distributed over 2500 tabletop Christmas trees to children, families, and seniors in our local and surrounding communities. We have worked with Community Circle of Detroit, Grace Center of Hope in Pontiac, Ronald McDonald House of Detroit, Starship Family Services in Detroit, Boldli (formerly Detroit Institute for Children, Canterbury-on-the-Lake in Waterford, Waterford School District, and created our very own "porch crashers" in 2020. We have partnerships with Waterford Senior Center and Community-Sharing of Huron Valley. Andrea looks forward to continuing and creating more partnerships with those who believe in our mission.

Jacob

The boy who asked his mom how he could provide trees to everyone who doesn't have one during the holiday season.

Jacob is currently in 8th grade and attends White Lake Middle School in White Lake, Michigan. Since our first holiday season in 2019, Jacob has helped distribute over 2500 tabletop Christmas trees to children, families, and seniors throughout our local and surrounding communities. He dedicates his time by assisting with raising money through our annual bottle/can drive, craft shows, attending board meetings, shopping for trees, ornaments, and more. He utilizes his math skills by having an active roll managing inventory and factoring how many ornaments each tree is able to receive each year per recipient. He also gives input on the selection process of Treesgiving recipients. He volunteers at all activities and events. The past two holiday seasons Jacob could be found dancing in the streets and/or inside the Senior Warming Center at the Holiday Extravaganza Christmas Parade.

Earlene

As Vice President of Treesgiving, Earlene brings generosity through her dedication to spreading holiday cheer to children and seniors throughout the community. She has dedicated her time to assisting with information tables, raising funds at craft shows, selecting recipients for upcoming holiday seasons, and following through with all details of our annual "Build Trees for Kids" event to ensure our mission is achieved each holiday season. The Treesgiving Foundation has made tremendous growth over the past three years since Earlene has joined our board as Vice President.

Our Youth Ambassadors

Ellie Fischer

Ellie is a senior at Waterford Kettering High School. Ellie started as an ambassador in 2022 and is highly involved with the Treesgiving Foundation. She attends Board Meetings, assists with set-up/tear-down of our table at trade shows as well. Last season (2022), Ellie also took part in speaking and providing all students at Donelson Elementary with a tree kit. This past season Ellie was a part of distributing 125 tabletop Christmas trees to seniors inside the warming center at the Holiday Extravaganza Christmas Parade. She also assisted with our annual "Build Trees for Kids" event. Ellie has been volunteering with our foundation since 2021.

Allison Fischer

Allison is a freshman at Waterford Kettering High School. Allison became a youth ambassador in 2022. After volunteering at our "Build Trees for Kids" event in 2021 she decided to get involved. Throughout 2022 she volunteered with our "Stuff a truck" bottle and can drive which helped raise over $1200 for our foundation. She attended Board Meetings, assisted with set-up of trade shows, spoke to students at Donelson Elementary and handed out tree kits to all students who attended the assembly. She also helped deliver 400 tree kits to the Detroit Institute for Children who work with Children with special needs.

In 2023, Allison volunteered at with our bottle/can drive, three craft shows, distribution of 125 tabletop Christmas trees to seniors at the Holiday Extravaganza Christmas Parade, and our annual "Build Trees for Kids" event.

Outside of Treesgiving, Allison is a very talented artist.

Jesse Jenkinson

Jesse is in second grade at Lakewood Elementary in White Lake, Michigan. She is Jacob's little sister and she was not going to let him be the only one having holiday fun. Jesse joined Treesgiving in 2022 as part of our youth ambassadors. Jesse loves decorating trees and helping with set up of events. She enjoys taking pictures and definitely loves the holiday treats that comes along with events. She has volunteered at 2022, 2023, and 2024 "Build Trees for Kids" events where over 1500 tree kits have been assembled for children throughout the local and surrounding communities. Jesse participated in our 2023 and 2024 "Stuff-A-Truck" bottle and can drives. She also assisted the past two years with the placement of decorated trees at the Waterford Senior Center and assured they were ready for Meals-on-wheels.