Tom McCutcheon – Attorney at Law
In my family we have always supported the Angel Tree tradition. My child has every year picked out an angel of similar age and has enjoyed choosing things for the angel he chose.
As you are aware, Regency Square Mall has decided not allow the Salvation Army to put the Angel Tree in the Mall. This is a really bad decision for two reasons: First, the mall is a great place for the Angel Tree. Second, people filling the angels’ Christmas lists bought a lot of things at the mall for the angels.
Therefore, the Salvation Army will be finding and using multiple locations throughout the area to place angel trees. There is a certain amount of paperwork in that the angels have to be matched to the bag of gifts for that angel and everything needs to work properly for this program to work.
McCutcheon & Hamner has offered to be and will be one of the sponsors of a location for this wonderful cause. We are on the corner of Helton and Bradshaw Drive across from the North Alabama Bone & Joint Clinic.
Beginning November 20, 2014 you may come to our office located at 2210 Helton Drive, Florence, Alabama and adopt an angel. We will have someone here to handle the angels, the list and make sure that all of the items are properly matched.
I always took my son from the time that he was born to pick out an angel. My thought was that sooner or later some older child would tell him, incorrectly, that there was no Santa Claus. Through the Angel Tree, I built years of evidence to the contrary and looked forward to the day that we had that conversation and I told him without doubt that there was a Santa Claus and there is a Santa Claus and he lives in all of us. I guess my son knew he had a good thing going with Santa Claus and we never had that conversation. The funniest Christmas story that I have is when after we put the cookies and milk out and he went to bed, I took my hunting boots, scrounged them around in the ashes and made tracks out of the chimney over to the cookies. The look on his five year old face when he on his own saw where Santa Claus had been tickles me to this day.
The Salvation Army’s annual Angel Tree is a charity event that provides a great opportunity for those who wish to make a difference and bring a smile to a child’s face on Christmas morning. Please participate and make a difference.
As I learn other locations of Angel Trees that may be more convenient for you, I will pass them on, otherwise, please feel welcome to come to our office and pick an angel.
Buckle up and drive safely.
McCutcheon & Hamner, P.C.
2210 Helton Drive
Florence, Alabama 35630
Telephone: 256-764-0112
Facsimile: 256-764-1124
