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Find answers to common questions about our mission and how you can help.

How can I donate to your cause?

You can contribute through our donation page, supporting families facing medical challenges – Along with our TinyTrees and Adopt-a-Family Projects.

What is a TinyTree?

A TinyTree is a 3-foot Christmas tree decorated and delivered to patients at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital and other Children and Elderly Groups in our area. Anyone in our community can donate a TinyTree. We get trees from individuals, businesses, schools, teams, church groups and more! Many have made this a yearly tradition that they look forward to each year. Others have joined us as they were given a tree and want to Pay It Forward as they know what it meant to their family.
Please see info below on what you need to have for your tree,

When is DropOff for TinyTrees?

Our 2025 DropOff Date is Monday, Nov 17. We offer 1 date for the community to come together and donate their trees for our collection and upcoming local distributions. No other date is available. Location and update are posted on our TINYTREES Facebook page.

We deliver to East Tennessee Children’s Hospitals, nursing homes, and various children and elderly organizations throughout East Tennessee.

What do I need for do to donate a TinyTree?

All Trees:
– Must be 3’ tall – NO OTHER SIZE WILL BE ACCEPTED – Any color is fine.
– Must have PLUG IN LIGHTS – any color is fine. Allow enough of the cord at the bottom to plug in. (**No trees with battery operated lights will be accepted this year)
– ***Decorate in Kid Friendly theme. This is *A MUST*. Some of our trees last year had to be pulled. Your tree should be child centric – no politics, no goth, no religious tracks, no attached money, no agendas. Think SuperHero, Baby Dolls, Dinosaurs, Snowmen, Unicorns…kids love theme trees- Spider-Man, Princess, hot wheels, Butterflies – etc etc – Be Creative ! Your tree could go to a toddler or a teenager. So there should be nothing that may be scary for a young one on your tree.
– No more than 5 small toys can be put on a tree (optional)- these should go with your theme -y’all did great with this last year – just don’t go overboard
– **NEW** Only Non-breakable ornaments on a tree
-** NEW Only 1 piece trees (your tree stem should not come apart when picked up – if needed superglue it together)
– All ornaments should be wired on so they don’t fall off when we move the trees. Your tree will be moved MULTIPLE times. If you pick it up and things fall off – rewire them back on.
– Your tree should be able to stand up on its own without falling over (watch it being top heavy)
We loose a lot of ornaments every year and have significant clean up. Having the non-breakable + wired on helps with that significantly.

Naughty List – these are not allowed on your tree.
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– No Candy/food includes Candy Canes
– No Gift Cards
– No Money attached to trees
– No Gnome Trees (they are scary to the kids)
– No scary themed trees/goth trees/day of the dead
– No Tree Skirts
– No Extension Cords
– Nothing extra should be attached to your tree
– No Battery Operated Lights
– No political agenda or religious tracks attached to trees
– If it’s not ornaments/decorations or lights then let it go

Only 1 Drop Off date is available, please plan accordingly. Mon Nov 17, 2025 6-8 pm.
Please see our Facebook page for updates and location info.

We welcome individuals, church groups, businesses, Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts, schools, teams etc.

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